Mark Richards

Background

About Mark Richards

As a respected global business leader, including over 30 years in the C-Suite and 20 years as a board member, Mark has a reputation for driving business transformation processes that significantly increase free cash flow and shareholder value. Over the last six years, Mark served on a number of boards, acted as an operating resource to PE firms, consulted with a number of family businesses, successfully launched the PDA South Florida chapter and grew it within 12 months to 65 members, published many business articles, and spoke at various conferences. Mark has successfully led public, PE-backed, family, and ESOP-owned middle-market global businesses serving consumer and industrial markets and manufacturing a wide variety of highly engineered products. In addition, Mark has run multi-site operations (20+) across all continents. Mark's broad industry experience, proven executive track record, and extensive expertise in governance, strategy, leadership development, finance, lean operating processes, marketing strategy, and M&A, make him an outstanding addition to any company seeking a permanent or interim C-Level executive, or independent director.