Mark Speight is a Operations Director – Start-up stabilisation, operating efficiencies and profitability in the Travel and Event sectors at Simpson Travel. Colleagues describe them as "I have worked with Mark on a number of team development projects over the last 2 years. Mark's commercial acumen and operating capability is of no doubt. He fully has the credentials and all the scar tissue to match. He is also a thoroughly genuine and likeable character, an enormously positive addition to any team. I would have no hesitation in recommending or working with Mark again under any circumstances. Firstly, to say that the environment that Mark operates is volatile is a significant understatement. In truth the number of variables is set up for challenge an unpredictability. His team operates in a space where, partying guests, on yachts, varying weather, a large team and all the associated leadership challenges come together in a mixture that will absolutely test the very best! Mark has many clear attributes that mean he is ideally suited to senior operational roles and particularly as detailed above. Specifically: - His leadership capability and military pedigree in this regard are without doubt one of Mark's super powers! Mark's leadership style and transition into the more subtle commercial world, where authority needs to be blended with influence, is the perfect combination of both. He is enormously emotionally intelligent in his leadership style while his lightest touch commands respect. As a result his whole team consistently hold him in the highest regard. I have got to know them as a safe external (a privileged position) and they absolutely confirm this to me in clear terms. - Mark is also very calm when the pressure is on, again a demonstration of his EQ and his suitability to senior operating roles. I would say that this is a feature of Mark both personally and professionally. Specifically, a business conversation with Mark is a very calm and considered experience where his clarity of thinking and decision making is of the highest order. I could go on but if you are in any doubt, my suggestion is that you meet the highly capable gentleman that is Mark Speight, if won't take you long to confirm the above."