Mark Ennis has served over 35 years in leadership positions of UK, Irish and International Companies. He currently serves on several Boards including SSE Airtricity (Non-Exec Chair), W&G Baird (Non-Exec Chair), and Wilson Bio-Chemicals (Director). Mark was honored with a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2016 for services to the economy and community in Northern Ireland.

He has previously led both Public and Private businesses. In the Private Sector he has worked in a variety of industries sectors including: Packaging, as CEO of Boxmore International Plc, and Senior VP of Chesapeake Corp; Energy, with Airtricity as Director of Corporate and Retail ; Automotive, as Materials and Logistics Director of Fisher Body Corp ; Financial, with Liberty Insurance as a Non-Executive Chairing the Risk and Compliance Committee; and Medical Devices with Intelesens as a Non-Executive Director.

In the Public Sector he served on the Boards of Invest Northern Ireland, the NI Industrial Research and Technology Unit, and Down Lisburn Health Trust. In 2018 he stepped down as the longest serving Chairman of Invest NI after 8 years at the helm. He has served on a number of NI Government task forces including the Economic Council reporting to the Minister of the Economy and “Transform Your Care” which developed a Healthcare Strategy for NI, reporting to the Minister of Health. Mark was Chairman of the Management and Leadership network 2002-2007 and Chairman of CBI Northern Ireland in 1999 2000.

Mark has an honors Degree in Economics from Queens University Belfast, and an MBA from the Open University. He was honored with Graduate of the Year by QUB in 2001. In 2019 he was awarded Northern Ireland Non-Executive of the Year.