Mark is the Chief Information Officer at PPL and DDEX board member. As a member of PPL’s Executive Management team, he is responsible for all aspects of PPL’s technology and data systems. Outside PPL’s core systems, Mark has played a key role in a range of critical industry initiatives including RDx, the recording repertoire data exchange, and VRDB, the SCAPR database to improve the flow of cross border payments between performer collecting societies.
Prior to joining PPL in 2011, Mark was a partner in the technology consulting practice at Deloitte where he served a broad range of media clients across TV, music and film. Mark was born and educated in Dunfermline, gained a degree in Computer Science and Accountancy at Heriot Watt University, and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant in 1990. For the past few years, he has been a regular contributor to Music Business Worldwide where he comments on data and technology matters within the music industry.