Mark Pearson

Mark is a great asset to Team REDA, bringing expertise across all areas of economic development, knowledge transfer and innovation. Mark is concentrating on launching our Reading Inward Investment portal and marketing plan, building key business contacts and networks and supporting local people into self-employment and jobs. He's also working to update the Reading Economic Development Plan in the context of working across wider geographical areas.

Mark has extensive experience of business development, inward investment, strategy and policy development and delivery. He has previously held economic development and enterprise development roles at Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey County Council, Enterprise M3 LEP as well as sub-regional economic partnerships in Surrey, East Sussex and Lancashire. He has also run B2B marketing, consultancy companies and even a coffee company! His personal passion is photography.

Mark's favourite thing about Reading:

Reading's a town with history, commerce and innovation. The more you explore, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you discover why Reading is the heart of the Thames Valley.

Contact:

mark.pearson@reading.gov.uk