Mark is the Managing Partner of Orion Industrial Ventures (OIV), a venture capital offering within the Orion Resource Group, an $8 billion private markets fund manager headquartered in New York and offering institutional strategies across the liquidity spectrum all focused on metals, mining and industrial operations.

Mark joined in late-2022 to establish OIV, which targets early- and growth-stage technology companies that can enable a sustainable and economic supply of critical minerals, materials and new energy solutions to support industrial decarbonization. OIV seeks to access the know-how, market access and potential follow-on capital provided by the Orion platform to help source, de-risk and scale its portfolio companies, providing a differentiated source of capital focused on the growing market opportunity in critical minerals supply.

Prior to joining Orion, Mark was Head of BHP Ventures, where he led the initial design, establishment and scale-out of BHP Ventures’ investment platform and portfolio. Mark has previous experience in mergers and acquisitions investment banking, venture capital, and asset management, and degrees in Law (First Class Honours) and Commerce from the University of Melbourne.