Before starting A&M Capital Europe in 2017, Mark was a Managing Director & Partner with H.I.G. Capital, a €45 billion global private equity fund. Mark headed H.I.G.’s LBO office in Chicago and was a founding member of H.I.G. Europe.
Prior to H.I.G., Mark was the COO of Brakes Group, Europe’s largest foodservice company, and CEO of Pauley’s Foods.
Previously, he was with Bain & Company’s private equity group in San Francisco and London. Mark began his career with the Smurfit Kappa Group in Dublin, Ireland.
Mark is Chairman of Bollé Brands and a director of La Patria S.p.A., Pet Network International (“PNI”), Ayesa, and Carton Pack.
Mark is an Irish national and holds an MBA Degree from Harvard University and received a BSc (Hons.) and an MA from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Mark speaks English and French and has substantial board level experience in France, Benelux, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the UK.