Mark Brown Email & Phone Number

Victoria, BC, CA

Cairo, Egypt

Various

I support non-profits, governments, UN agencies and for-profit social enterprises to leverage finance to do more good. I develop financial products; develop, launch and manage funds, carry out investment due diligence, and advise on financial strategy.Past clients include:- FAO- UNDP- MaRS Social Finance- Canadian Ministry of Public Safety- Heart & Stroke.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Led the province's Social Impact Bond program. Developed the financial structures and gained both Ministerial and Treasury Board approval for Ontario's first two Social Impact Bonds. Managed the province’s investment in the MaRS SVX impact investing platform.

Vancouver, Canada

Directly supported the Vice President with analysis and due diligence on several green technology and sustainable food companies including Better Bean (since exited), Sweet Earth Natural Foods (since exited), Farmhouse Culture. Executed analysis from term sheet to close on a $2M investment in Goddess Garden.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Managed a University of Oxford endowment portfolio of 7 companies including Onfido, Go1 and CarQuids. Invested in BioMe Oxford and Uprosa.

Tamale/Accra, Ghana

Started and raised one of the first impact funds to invest in $10-100k agriculture deals in West Africa. Invested in 7 businesses including Annibirds Farm Annex and Narh Seeds.

Accra, Ghana

Designed and hired for ADMIRE, a mobile-tech farmer extension and support service, securing the “most profitable contract to date” for an emerging-market notification and survey platform.

Zambia, Ghana, Canada

Consulted for a variety of private companies, projects, NGO's and cooperatives, leveraging field-immersion and systems-thinking approaches. Assignments are outlined below:

Nsawam, Ghana

Achieved complex cross-departmental improvement of pineapple quality for West Africa's largest fruit processor to three of Europe's leading supermarkets.

Somanya, Ghana

Developed training tools by engaging with field staff in remote areas, assessing activities, methodologies for $8M USAID agriculture project in Ghana. Findings adopted as best practices by USAID: https://usaidlearninglab.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Market_Facilitation_Case_Studies.pdf

Kacholola, Zambia

Facilitated tailor-made market facilitation workshops for a 12-farmer Zambian co-op, increased sales by over 48 tonnes.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Saïd Business School - Social Innovation

Activities and Societies: Oxford Blues Varsity Men's Ice Hockey, Oxford Seed FundSt. Catherine's College

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), School Of Earth And Ocean Science - Geoscience Major

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders 2007-2010, Earth and Ocean Science Department Hockey TeamSchool of Earth and Ocean.

Education record

Master Of Business Administration - Mba