Mark Wearden, MSc, FCCA, FCIS has run his own strategy consultancy for the past 25 years, following 12 years in international banking as an analyst, and 8 years in industry as a finance director.

A systems thinker yet very much ‘a people person’, Mark’s main areas of interest are governance thinking, risk and narrative reporting, supply chain challenge; in all these areas exploring the dichotomy that frequently exists between theory and practice, and ensuring a sound financial infrastructure.

Mark’s extensive portfolio of roles reflects this range of interests:

Non-executive director

• NED with a range of private companies
• Independent advisor to statutory bodies and audit and risk committees
• Chair of remuneration and nomination committees

Consultant

• Board, committee and director evaluation and development
• Advisor on financial and business strategies and systems
• Change and systems implementation consultant, particularly around governance, supply chain, risk systems, financial systems and structure
• Ethics, confidential and forensic investigations

Mentor

• Mentoring of CFOs and other directors (and senior managers)
• One-to-one strategic and advisory work with executive directors

Trainer

• Delivery of CPD training and examination on behalf of various professional bodies and universities (eg, AAT, ACCA, BPP, CIMA, CLT, Croner-i, ICSA, King’s College London, University of Lincoln) and bespoke training for private clients (eg, Benenden Healthcare, Dominos Pizza, Martin Baker, RBS, Pinnacle Engineering, Brown’s Haulage, Case International, Eveden Ltd, etc)
• Governance training (eg, directors’ practical concerns, board effectiveness, corporate governance in action, ethics, sceptical accounting, risk and reputation, role of the NED, reporting, etc)
• Financial training (eg, boardroom finance, integrated reporting, role of the FD, corporate finance)
• Leadership and management development (eg, strategy development, effective meetings, change management, systems thinking, effective leadership, supply chain excellence)

Author

• Development of Strategy (ICSA)
• Practical Guide for Audit Committees (Croner-i)
• Corporate Governance Accountants’ Digests (Croner-i)
• Non-Executive Directors’ Checklists (ICSA April 2020)
• Directors’ Checklists (ICSA April 2020)

Voluntary roles

• Former Chair, ACCA Global Forum on Governance, Risk and Performance

 

Mark is based in Lincolnshire and works across the UK.