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Non-Executive Director for Holiday Extras®
Mark Smith has been a Chartered Accountant since 1978 having qualified with Touche Ross and Co (now Deloitte & Touche).
Following two years as European Finance Director at RCA Records, he joined the Good Relations Group plc (a Stock Exchange listed company) in 1984 and became its Finance Director in 1985. The Good Relations Group was taken over by Lowe Howard Spink and Bell plc in 1986.
Mark was one of the five principals in a management buy-out of the public relations business of Lowe Howard Spink & Bell in 1989 under the name Chime Communications.
Chime Communications was floated on the Stock Exchange in 1994 via a reverse takeover of an existing quoted company. Chime Communications is now the largest public relations business in the UK and also has a Research Division and a Marketing Services Division.
As Group Finance Director of Chime Communications PLC Mark has been responsible for over 30 acquisitions and 5 disposals. He is also responsible for corporate finance, investor relations, human resources, treasury, tax, property management, legal and company secretarial issues and most aspects of the administration of the Group.
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