Mark is a Principal and Founder of The Social Assistance Partnership and Lattice, niche advisory companies supporting social, public and for profit organisations. Mark has led innovation in public service reform for over 20 years, delivering provision across a diverse range of sectors in the UK and internationally. Having pioneered the development of payment by results (PBR) and outcomes based commissioning (OBC) since the early 90s he has worked with governments in different countries to design, develop and deliver outcome based contracts.
In addition to board level private sector roles, Mark has worked as a Non-Executive Director in health, education, local government and regional development. He has extensive experience in government policy making, for example through his role on the CBI’s Public Service Strategy Board.
He has been involved in the development of the social investment sector since 2007. He has worked with Big Society Capital, investors, intermediaries as well as central and local government to explore scaling social businesses, creating new investment opportunities for social ventures and driving innovation in service design and delivery. His prime interest is in the development of social investment structures to tackle some of the most complex and intractable social issues that cut across multiple central and devolved budgetary accountabilities.
As a Fellow of Practice, Mark will focus on supporting the GO Lab in its engagement work with central and local government departments. This will involve supporting the mainstreaming and scaling social investment across challenging areas of public service reform and addressing market gaps and failures. He will also work to bring his delivery insight and experience into the development of the social investment bond market.