EXPERTISE
Branding; Business Modeling; Culture Creation; Governance; Leadership Coaching; Legal; Manufacturing; Operations; Overseas Expansion; Product Development; Regulatory; Social Enterprises; Sustainability
BUSINESS MODEL EXPERIENCE
B2B; B2C; B2B2C; B2G
EXPERTISE IN THESE COUNTRIES
Australia; Japan; New Zealand; China; United States; United Kingdom; France
Mark Miller
Director / Principal Advisor
Auckland
Mark has a strong background in industry verticals, manufacturing, governance, and risk management. Returning to New Zealand in 2023 after a multi-decade absence, Mark is focused on identifying and developing new opportunities for Neurotribes in Oceania.
He previously founded and chaired The MSL Group of Companies focused on the Communications and Arts-Entertainment industries respectively for several decades.
A Company Director with appointments in UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, Mark indulges his passion for ocean exploration and global travel through his bespoke adventure tourism company and continues to consult as a risk advisor to the marine industry and several NGOs.
A qualified Salvage Master, passionate Technical Scuba Diver (Instructor Trainer), Mark is never far away from the ocean, and before returning to New Zealand worked with both Netflix and Imagine Entertainment on diving related television and film projects.
As a Director of Cult Beauty and Deputy Chair of the Governance, Remuneration and Exit committees, he was highly instrumental in the acclaimed 2021 sale of Cult Beauty to the THG Group.
Why are you passionate about working with startup founders?
Mark is passionate about three things – execution, timing, and governance – all designed to create scalable, intelligent business models, with a strong belief in creating value for all stakeholders across a company – Mark consults to executive management and boards, to fulfil their opportunities and overcome operational challenges.
What experience do you have working with startup founders?
Mark founded his first business at age 14, working in the telecommunications industry in the mid-1980s, and went on to found a series of companies allied to the Arts and Entertainment sector. In the past two decades his passion for the ocean saw him co-found companies in the Marine and Adventure Tourism sector internationally, many of which he remains a shareholder of to this day. Throughout the past thirty-six years, and across three continents, as a believer in growing industries rather than just his own company interests, he always makes time to support and mentor other startup founders, social enterprises, and NGOs.