Mark Craig
BSc MBA DMS DipEd PGCE MIoD
BIOGRAPHY
Mark's brief biography is here
CURRENT ROLES
Director and Founder
Question Mark
2014 to present
Chair
The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury
2017 to present
Vice Chair
Institute of Directors
South of Scotland
2020 to present
Governance Consultant
The Church of England
2014 to present
Governance Adviser
Lee Bolton Monier Williams
2015 to present
SELECTED PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Adviser
Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust
2014 to 2020
National Leader of Governance
2014 to 2020
Governor
The Hendreds CofE Primary, Wantage
2016 to 2020
Chair of Directors & Member
Vale Academy Trust, Wantage
2013 - 2015
Chair of Governors
King Alfred’s Academy, Wantage
2009 - 2015
Director of Communications
BMS World Mission
2001-2021
PUBLISHED WORK
The RIGHT Programme - a major governance initiative, created and developed to upskill chairs of Church schools in the Diocese of Oxford, the largest Anglican diocese in England, as well as Chichester.
Thinking Governance (2016) and Thinking Governance Express (2020) - a national governance programme, created and developed to help governing bodies of Church schools adopt a highly-effective way of developing school strategy.
Contributor – ‘How To Run An Academy School’, ICSA 2016
Text editor - 'Wait for the Ricochet: the story of Deep Purple's 'In Rock' album', Easy on the Eye 2017
Text editor - 'A Fire in the Sky: the story of Deep Purple's 'Machine Head' album', Easy on the Eye 2021
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Mark served as Director of Communications with BMS World Mission, a leading international charity, between 2001-2021
• Previously Depute Principal of a Scottish College of further and higher education
EDUCATION
• BSc Mathematical Sciences
• MBA (Strategic Management)
• PG Diploma in Management Studies
• PG Diploma in Education
• PG Certificate in Education
• Certificate in Christian Apologetics
• Elected Member, Institute of Directors
• Certified International Facilitator, LEGO® Serious Play®
• Certified Online Facilitator, LEGO® Serious Play®
• Certified Facilitator, Six Thinking Hats®
SELECTED SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCES
National Diocesan Governance Group
London
(speaking)
NWCOGs conference
(keynote & workshop)
SW & SECOGs conference
(workshop)
Governor Conferences
The Church in Wales
Wrexham & Cardiff
(keynote & workshop)
Annual Headteachers & Governors Conference
Diocese of Chichester
Brighton
(keynote & workshop)
Annual Governors Conference
Diocese of Blackburn
Preston
(keynote & workshop)
LBMW Equity Partners conference
London
(facilitating)
The RIGHT Programme
Diocese of Oxford
1. ‘Visionary governance’
(facilitating - with Baroness Estelle Morris)
2. ‘Is there a future for Church schools’
(facilitating - with Rev Nigel Genders)
3. ‘British values’
(facilitating - with Lord Alex Carlile)
Diocese of Oxford Head Teachers’ Conference
Buckinghamshire
(facilitating - with Lord Robert Winston)
National Schools Conference
London
(keynote - with Rt Hon Charles Clarke)
