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Based in
Ireland Mark joined Brakeley in July 2006 and brings with him experience from
both the commercial and not for profit sector. He has a proven ability to
consistently exceed fundraising goals and provide tailor-made solutions that
satisfy the needs of clients in a variety of different fields.
As a
fundraising professional he has delivered strategic consultation, campaign
planning, and major gift programmes to clients such as:
- Aberdeen City Council
- Birmingham Royal Ballet
- City University London &
Cass Business School
- Climate Group
- Concern Worldwide
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- International Society of
Nephrology (ISN)
- Shelter
- Temple Street Children’s
Hospital
- The Archdiocese of Glasgow
- The Ashmolean Museum Oxford
- The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office of Great Britain
- The National Concert Hall
- The North Atlantic Salmon
Conservation Organisation (NASCO)
- Women’s Aid
- WWF
and The
Football Association of Ireland, where he continues to advise them on
sponsorship strategies and volunteer development for their Premier League and
grass roots clubs. He has also acted as Director of Development for the
Irish Alliance for Europe and Aberystwyth University in Wales and more recently has spent several months
installing new systems and procedures in preparation for a major fundraising
campaign at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Making use
of both his fundraising and commercial background, Mark heads up delivery of
Brakeley’s market leading wealth screening and data services which use advanced
data mining technology and analysis to refine the donor pools and research
resources of clients.
Prior to his
career in fundraising, Mark worked for five years managing client/market
relations with Deutsche Bank in London/New York and with Morgan Stanley in
Luxembourg.
Mark, who
speaks fluent German, holds an honours degree in Business and Marketing from
Dublin Business School, and is an alumnus of Glenstal Abbey School. In 2005 he received the President’s Award
from CCS Fundraising for his contribution to the firm, he has been a Senior
Consultant with Brakeley Ltd. since 2006, and more recently has been elected as
a Director to the Board of Fundraising Ireland. Mark has taken part in and
delivered various executive programmes offered by organisations such as The
International Fundraising Congress, CASE, The European Association for Philanthropic
Giving, EU Consult, the Institute of Fundraising, The European Association of
Society Executives, The Wheel, Fundraising Ireland, and the Irish Charities Tax
Reform Group.
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