Mark is an independent consultant concentrating on the development of projects combining creative media and digital technologies, with a specific focus on making strategic connections to international markets.

A senior manager and producer, with 20+ years experience across the creative industries, Mark has a track record of raising finance and developing and delivering innovative ideas from both the public and private sector, and across a range of media disciplines.

Having established Mark Leaver Consulting in 2010, Mark is now pursuing new opportunities which explore the evolution of the media landscape in a digital age, and the potential offered to the creative media industries across a globalised economy.

Current projects include: Creative Industries Specialist for UK Trade & Investment advising on inward investment by global creative and digital businesses; international development of the Playable City concept for Watershed; adviser at the Pervasive Media Studio on the REACT Hub Sandbox projects; and executive production on international digital arts projects with Devices of Wonder.