Summary
Marc Bishara is a Finance Director at Charles River Laboratories overseeing DSA Global Operations, bringing 11 years of experience and FTSE 100 and Big 4 training to scale global finance teams. A Chartered Accountant (NZ) educated at the University of Otago (BCom and Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce), he has led business partnering and financial planning across the US, UK and India in matrix-style multinational environments for Pearson, Disney, Hachette and BBC Worldwide. His track record includes creating a mandated product appraisal template at Pearson, securing CFO sign-off for Pearson’s Global Learning Platform—its largest organic investment—and leading the start-up finance case for Pearson College UK, while protecting profit through digital transformation. He operates across higher education, digital product development, publishing, rights licensing and television, with a keen interest in applying AI to education to personalise learning at scale. Based in Cambridge, his strengths lie in translating complex strategic and investment analysis into actionable financial plans for senior non-finance stakeholders.
12 years of coding experience
Chartered Accountant (NZ), Chartered Accountant (NZ) at Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) at University of Otago