THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
Alongside the growth of Poynton & Partners throughout the late 1990’s, GEM Consulting became Perth’s leading corporate advisory and financial services business having been intricately involved in major transactions including across the mining, technology, resources, and commercial property sectors. Under the stewardship of Mark & John, GEM Consulting was acquired by AST Group South Africa in 2001 in a $44m deal. In 2004, Mark Co-Founded Azure Capital, an independently owned, specialist advisory firm he led as Co-Executive Chair for seven years prior to selling his stake in 2010. During this period (2007 to 2010), Mark was also Chairman of the West Coast Eagles Football Club - a period through which he led the club through a significant transformation. Mark served as the Inaugural Chairman of the University of Western Australia Business School Board for a period of eighteen years (2002 - 2020) and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University in 2012. In 2012, Mark was appointed Chairman of Macquarie Group Western Australia, Chairman & Global Head, Resources Group & Chairman, Corporate & Asset
Finance of Macquarie Group by then Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Moore AO - positions he held for a period of six years until 2017. Since 2010, Mark has served as a Non-Executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group Limited in addition to Lead Independent Director (2014) and Deputy Chair (2017). In August 2017, Mark was appointed to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and currently Chairs the Reserve Bank Board Audit Committee. Mark has also variously been Chairman of Western Power, Edge Employment, Alinta Infrastructure Holdings, the Black Swan State Theatre Company of Western Australia. He is also a Senior Advisor of EY Oceania, Chairman of the Investment Committee for HBF and Chairman of Greatland Coal. He also holds an extensive number of other positions including as Chair of GLX, Chair of the Investments Committee at HBF. Senior Advisor of EY Oceania, Senior Advisor of Appian Capital Advisory and Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia.
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