Until late 2005 Mark Wilcox was the Director of People & Organisational Development at Sony Europe based in the Headquarters in Berlin. There he was responsible for the European Talent Management Strategy and also in supporting European organisational change. Mark works with leading organisations on developing a clear line of sight between the strategic goals of the business and the people activities the organisation pursues.
Educated with the Open University, where he gained a BSc in Psychology, Mark extended his insight into people and teams with an MSc in Occupational Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London. Having applied his specialist learning in many fields of HR Mark went on to complete an MBA with Bradford School of Management to add to strategic understanding of business. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and a member of the British Psychological Society. In his consulting work Mark continues to support Sony across Europe on a number of projects as well as working with clients such as the British Army, Sony Ericsson, Hilton and HSBC.
Mark has contributed to the MBA teaching at Bradford School of Management, Manchester Business School, Warwick Business School, Cranfield Business School and the International Masters in HR leadership at Bocconi Milan.
In February 2008, Mark published Re Energizing the Corporation, How Leaders make Change Happen, in collaboration with best selling management thinker, Jonas Ridderstrale.
He speaks at conferences across Europe on Leadership, Talent Management and Organisational Development.