Mark, as well as part-time author, is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Entoro International, part of the Entoro Group, a global energy and infrastructure business development, investment banking and financial services group. He lives in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, one block from the beach. He spent 26 years with Shell and during his career he was: Vice President of Marketing Americas based in the US; GM Downstream Consulting International based in London; VP Planning Latin America and GM Shell Venezuela based in Caracas, among other exciting international roles. He is a citizen of the world, living outside his native UK for more than 20 years in 8 different countries and has visited over seventy. He lives alone, but has three children who visit regularly - his oldest daughter is in Orlando and the two youngest live in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.