Mark Laurence

Mark began his career as a transport sector investment analyst with stockbrokers Kitcat and Aitken, before moving to WI Carr and Merrill Lynch (formerly Smith New Court plc) where the team was ranked No.1 in the 1995 Extel Financial Survey of UK Investment Analysts. Latterly at Merrill Lynch he was a member of the highly ranked UK Equity Strategy team. In 1997, he joined Collins Stewart plc and helped develop the group leading up to its MBO and IPO in 2000. Since 2001, Mark has pursued a career in fund management helping to found Fundsmith in 2010. Mark was recognised at the 2014 Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards as Non-Executive Director of the Year.