Mark Sowden is a commercial strategist and Managing Director with over two decades of experience driving global expansion, buying and supply-chain strategies for retail and FMCG businesses. He builds embedded teams and partnerships that scale sales, sourcing and e-commerce across Europe, Asia and North America, having worked with household names like P&G, Unilever, Lego and Philips as well as nimble start-ups. His strengths are pragmatic NPD-to-shelf thinking, contract negotiation and turning excess inventory or niche manufacturing into new revenue streams. A former head of e-commerce and international buying, he combines engineering-trained analytical rigour with hands-on commercial leadership. Based in Northallerton, he routinely bridges retailer expectations and overseas manufacturers to unlock cross-border growth opportunities.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering with Business, BEng, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering with Business at University of Portsmouth
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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Mark Sowden - Managing Director at MK International Consultants