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Mark Bayley-Smyth

Cheshire

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Mark Bayley-Smyth

Cheshire

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About Mark

As a proud Northerner, I am passionate about helping regional business leaders accelerate their growth rates and transform their businesses, whilst increasing their effectiveness and enhancing their business and personal lives.

With 30 years business experience, from engineering apprentice to Managing Director at Siemens UK & Ireland, I am now focussing my time on helping business leaders make better decisions, deliver superior results, achieve balance, and sleep better at night.

Having spent many years running diverse businesses, I am only too familiar with the difficulties, challenges, frustrations and at times the sheer loneliness and isolation it can bring to a leader.

I have held senior management positions across a range of market-leading, international companies, corporates, and SMEs in a variety of industries and disciplines. I have led international businesses with revenues in excess of £300 million as well as started and built up my own business and advised SMEs.

During my career, I have lived and worked for three years in Singapore and eight years in Germany. A vast amount of my time has been working in developing markets, together with international headquarters and local offices. I have opened new routes-to-market, launched new products, and developed manufacturing facilities across the globe.

My extensive and proven track record in supporting businesses extends across multiple diverse sectors, as well as both private and public sectors.

I am very solution focussed and give open constructive feedback. I believe in shared lifelong learning that is challenging, inspirational and fun. I work to the motto that if you are not enjoying it and having fun, get out!

My approach is the same, independent of business size or type. I remain true to my values of being authentic, non-judgemental, empathetic, curious, human, and of course, I want to have fun!

My passion is supporting the leaders and owners of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), who I believe are the hidden champions of our UK economy. I love to work with equally ambitious leaders, who are lifelong learners with an aspiration to grow and develop their businesses and teams.

• Fellow, Chartered Management Institute (FCMI)
• Fellow, Institute of Leadership & Management (FInstLM)


Mark's Career History

Brio Leisure

Chairman

September 2022 - Ongoing

Chair of the Board of Directors.
Brio Leisure is the Health and Wellbeing company of Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Qualkem Ltd

Non-executive Director

January 2022 - Ongoing

Cheshire West & Chester Leisure CIC

Non-Executive Director

November 2019 - Ongoing

NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator.

Business Mentor - High-Growth SME

March 2019 - Ongoing

CIRCLE Leadership | Scale-up

Managing Director

July 2017 - Ongoing

IN4.0 Group

Fellow & Adviser

January 2019 - December 2020

Vistage International

Group Chairman

March 2018 - March 2019

SIEMENS Building Technologies

Managing Director- UK & Ireland

July 2014 - July 2017

British Photovoltaic Association

Executive Committee Member

January 2012 - December 2016

SIEMENS Industry

Director

November 2009 - June 2014

SIEMENS AG

Regional Manager - ASIA Pacific

January 2005 - January 2007

nash_elmo Industries

Managing Board Member

January 2001 - December 2005

Sectors

+ Business Services Digital Management Consulting Manufacturing Not for Profit / Charity Professional Services Public Sector Technology