Mark Curtis

Mark is an experienced professional in the world of fundraising for charities and educational organizations. He is currently Director of Development at New College, University of Oxford, where he and his team are responsible for all aspects of fundraising and alumni relations. Prior to joining New College in 2011, Mark was the development director at Oriel College in Oxford. His previous experience includes running the development programmed at Christ's Hospital, a charitable boarding school, and corporate fundraising at London Business School. His first roles were in fundraising at Oxfam and the British Red Cross.

He has also been involved in a number of voluntary training roles, mainly for CASE (the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), helping develop the skills of people new to the world of educational fundraising. For five years he was chair of CASE’s flagship fundraising institute in Europe, the Spring Institute in Educational Fundraising, and he now serves as a Trustee of CASE Europe.