About Mark
Most AI consultants are technologists who have learned a little business. Mark is the reverse — a proven operator who has carried a P&L and led change at scale, now fluent in AI.
The Story
A degree in Business and Finance from the University of Humberside — the grounding for everything that followed.
Over three decades running large-scale retail. Accountable for the P&L of a business turning over £75m+ a year, leading 400+ colleagues to best-in-class operations, serving 40,000+ customers every week.
Having traded indices and commodities in my spare time for years, four years ago I set up full-time as a financial day-trader.
Curiosity led me to AI — and specifically how it could help my trading. I took a course, experimented, and built an AI model that now performs around 80% of my trading actions automatically.
I completed programmes with the University of Edinburgh and IBM: AI Strategy, Generative AI, Responsible AI for SMEs, AI for Business Analysts, and AI Implementation.
Speaking with owners, I kept hearing the same hesitation — keen to use AI personally, reluctant professionally; unsure where to start. Many assumed it was only about cutting costs and wages. It isn't: AI drives growth too, and it doesn't replace people — it supports them.
Credentials
AI for Business
University of Pennsylvania
Responsible AI
University of Edinburgh
Generative AI
IBM
Working With Me
Most owners I meet are in the same position — sure that AI could help, but wary of handing their business, or their money, to the wrong thing. How I work is shaped by the three concerns they raise most.
You don't have to know. I give you a clear, prioritised starting point — a structured diagnostic that identifies the highest-value opportunities in your business first, so the very first step is the right one, not a guess.
Nor should you. You have worked hard to build something you are proud of. I am not a technologist straight out of university, and the AI I introduce never replaces your people or your judgement. With more than 30 years running real operations, my role is to support the brilliant knowledge and performance that already make your business work.
And you will not get a one-size-fits-all answer. Everything I recommend is built around how your business actually operates — your customers, your constraints, your goals. A completely bespoke offering, never a template.
The result: AI that fits your business — not your business bent to fit the AI.
A free, informal 30-minute conversation. No obligation, no hard sell.