Mark Hawkins - Managing Director Twofour Group

Mark oversees the day-to-day operations of the Twofour Group, the holding company incorporating Twofour Broadcast, Twofour Communications and Twofour Digital. He is also currently building strategic partnerships and alliances to ensure Twofour is at the forefront of convergent media.

He joined the company in 2000 as COO of twofourtv which he soon established as one of the leading authorities on delivering video based communication across digital platforms - its successful growth leading to the name change to Twofour Communications.

Mark began his career at Unilever moving to become Marketing Director of Jewson with sales of over £1billion, and Group Business Development Director of Meyer International; responsible for acquisitions costing over £650m, and establishing new retail stores and e-commerce and mail order operations.

In April 2008 Mark was appointed as a private sector board member for the newly formed Plymouth City Development Company (CDC) which has been set up to spearhead Plymouth's ambitions for economic growth.