Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He moderates a weekly podcast entitled The World in 30 Minutes, in which he discusses current affairs with renowned experts. Honoured as a ‘Young Global Leader’ of the World Economic Forum, he was Chairman of their Global Agenda Council on Geo-economics.

He is a regular speaker and a prolific writer and commentator on global affairs. He writes a syndicated column on global affairs for Project Syndicate and his essays have appeared in multiple publications across the world.

Mark is author of two best-selling books: Why Europe will run the 21st Century and What does China think?. He has edited two books, China 3.0 and Connectivity Wars and is working on a future book on the same topic.