Mark Lovell is a Managing Director of Collington Capital. He leads the development of the group’s impact solutions and scaling impact businesses working across the group’s impact advisory partnership, impact investment bank and not-for-profit foundation which facilitates the development and funding of blended finance investment solutions.
Over the past decade, Mark has specialised in impact investment, outcomes-based partnerships and advising ambitious, growth-oriented organisations operating across public sector markets. His work has included fund leadership roles with Big Issue Invest and strategic advisory positions with local authorities, combined authorities, national commissioners and both large scale and disruptive businesses operating across education, health, employment, skills and social care sectors.
Earlier in his career, Mark served for more than 20 years at A4e including as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman. Mark led the transformation of A4e from a small Sheffield start-up into an international social purpose enterprise delivering employment, skills and social assistance programmes in more than ten countries.
Mark was an Associate Partner with Deloitte and held senior advisory roles with FEDCAP as well as various boards and leadership teams of high-growth enterprises, Mark has served as a non-executive director with CIPFA, Yorkshire Forward and NHS Sheffield. Mark holds a First Class Honours degree in Management Science from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Business School. He was awarded an Executive MBA from the University of Sheffield.
