Mark Evans is an experienced general manager (CEO, COO, MD) with a finance background (CFO/FD in privately-held companies and regional CFO/FD for entities of up to EUR 800m turnover in NYSE and NASDAQ listed entities).  Mark has been deeply involved in several M&A transactions, was part of the founding team of several VC-backed tech companies and is an inventor on 14 patent families.  Mark has led and grown a team from 'a blank sheet of paper' to over 70 people and medical regulatory clearance and raised over £20m of funding to enable this.   Mark is qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Corporate Treasurer and Chartered Director and holds an MBA from the University of Oxford that was funded by Siemens.  Mark's significant exposure to deeptech, computer vision, machine learning and regulated industries makes him well suited to support the team at UPP.