Mentor

Mark van Dyck

Mentor

Mark
van Dyck

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Overview

Mark is an internationally experienced CEO with a deep and diverse background in large scale ‘blue chip’ multinational organisations across the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Australia. Mark has a proven track record of sustainable transformation in culturally and geographically diverse, complex growth businesses and extensive experience in integrating ESG and purpose throughout enterprise strategy.

Mark has expertise leading culture and performance change to enhance diverse, complex and scales businesses, a passion for diversity, people development and succession planning, and deep experience in working with commercial Boards and collaborating with government.

Mark has a strong reputation as a global and local leader and a consistent history of attracting top talent and building diverse and high performing leadership teams. Mark enables leaders to develop an enterprise perspective to deliver growth and strategy. Mark’s significant experience as a non-executive director also means

he brings invaluable insights to mentees reporting to Boards.

As Regional Managing Director Asia Pacific with Compass Group between 2013-2022, and previously Managing Director Australia, Mark led a $3.5Bn revenue business, across 11 countries and 66,000 people, delivering 400 million meals across 3,500 sites. Prior to this role, Mark worked in both B2B and B2C business models across the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia with LG Electronics and the Coca-Cola Company.

In addition to experience working with commercial boards, Mark was NED with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Australia), and currently with the Australia Japan Business Cooperative Committee and Advisory board member for the Asia Society.

Mark convened and chaired the government supported Asia Taskforce focused on building Australia’s trading relationship with Asia. This culminated in the publication of, ‘A Second Chance: How Team Australia can succeed in Asia’, a blueprint for Australia’s trade advancement in Asia.

Mark has a BA (Hons) Business Administration, University of West London and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Mark is an avid traveler, fluent in French, a Patrolling Surf Lifesaver and committed fly fisherman.

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