Mark Francis

Mark is a founding partner of Uspire and has over 30 years of FMCG commercial experience, having held senior leadership roles across global organisations. His final corporate role was VP Global HR for JT International, where he gained first-hand insight into the importance of building capability, developing leaders and creating high-performing teams.

Over the past 12 years, Mark has led two successful training businesses and coached sales teams in 42 countries, across 24 businesses and 9 industries. He combines deep commercial expertise with relentless enthusiasm for designing and delivering commercial programmes that inspire people, strengthen performance and create lasting behavioural change.

Mark leads Uspire’s Commercial Academies, delivering a mean ROI of 5:1. He is the creator of the ‘Leader as Educator’ approach, a concept he has developed and delivered across business and sport since 1998. His work focuses on helping leaders become better coaches, educators and multipliers of talent, enabling teams to perform at their best. His recently published book, The Captaincy, captures many of the lessons, experiences and leadership insights gained throughout his remarkable journey.

Mark is passionate about helping leaders unlock the potential of their people, creating confident, capable teams that deliver exceptional results.