Mark Bedlow Email & Phone Number

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Mark was appointed to this role in June 2019. Reporting to AQA’s CEO, he has responsibility for the timely and accurate delivery of two in every three GCSEs and one in every three A levels awarded each year in England. He is responsible for a team of 280 FTEs and an annual expenditure of approximately £92m.

London, United Kingdom

This exam industry body represents the eight largest awarding organisations in the UK with an appointee from each member sitting on the Board of Directors with a rotating chair, Mark has been a board member for four years and has twice been chair in the year to September 2016 and again from May 2018 through the September 2019: a period of unprecedented.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mark was appointed into this role following a re-organisation with responsibilities for the timely and accurate delivery of awards, the relationship with all of OCR’s regulators, risk management and the Programme Management Office. In this role, Mark was also been key in transitioning into the organisation further interim CEOs, and in the creation and.

Cambridge, United Kingdom, Coventry

Mark filled the newly created role of Chief Delivery Officer and was appointed as OCR’s Responsible Officer following the departure of OCR’s CEO in September 2015. In this senior position Mark led the business and senior management team (SMT) in the transition between three CEO’s over a 12 month period adapting to their different styles and focii and.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mark took on this newly created role within OCR in March 2013. It entailed creating a single multi-disciplinary business function from previously disparate groups. This was subsequently enlarged following a business reorganisation comprising a team of approximately 40 multi-disciplinary experts. The team provides expertise and advice to the whole business.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Internal ‘Chief Operating Officer’ role for this business unit for 18 months through to July 2011, reporting to Business Unit Leader with responsibilities for finance and people, including setting and agreeing revenue and people budgets, management of performance (financial and operational), working capital management, people recruitment and development..

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Whilst audit engagement leader for a wide variety of clients (2001 – 8), Mark gained experience of:
• IPOs having lead the PwC Reporting Accountants team for the listing on the main market of the LSE of a Cambridge based, PE backed technology company (2007) and a listing on AiM of a university technology transfer.
• Multi-national travel businesses which re-engineered and outsourced their respective finance functions;
• Full / partial disposal of a property business (2002) and a minerals business (2003);
• IFRS through leadership of two conversion projects; and
• US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley regime with major UK subsidiaries of SEC registered entities.Building on his experience and knowledge of UK travel agents and tour operators, Mark was a respected expert member of PwC Travel.

Advanced Leadership Programme, Business Leadership

Certificate In Practices And Principles Of Assessment, Exam Assessment, Pass

12 month distance learning course with weekend workshops on the discipline of exam assessment. Typically taken by professional exam.

Ba (Hons), Economics & Accounting