Mark is founder and director with Repucon Consulting with consultancy specialisms in Tourism, Sport and Recreation. He has over 25 years’ experience delivering strategic economic research projects, independent economic analysis and impact reviews, tourism and destination strategic planning, business case development, feasibility studies and independent economic reviews for private and public sector clients. Mark is a specialist in strategic tourism research, analysis and strategic planning. He has over 25 years’ experience in applied independent research, economic analysis and strategic planning applied to his tourism and sport sectors specialisms. He has extensive experience in the areas of qualitative and quantitative analysis. He is also a founding director of Sports Tourism Ireland who provide strategic advisory and project implementation services to public and private sector bodies in the creation and delivery of sport tourism strategies and event activation.