Mark Harris

Mark Harris is a seasoned commercial adviser at Avison Young Regeneration and Development in Leeds, with a rich background in financial and commercial advisory services across urban regeneration, real estate, and PPP projects. Mark has provided expert advice to a diverse clientele from both public and private sectors on investment strategies, financial structuring, finance raising, project appraisals, strategic partnering, and complex procurement.

His expertise includes leading financial and commercial aspects of various infrastructure projects with multiple partners, guiding clients from project inception by assessing commercial and financial feasibility, to creating delivery options, deal structuring, due diligence, and overseeing commercial negotiations.

Mark's educational background includes a BA (Hons) in Economics from Newcastle University, an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, and schooling at Kings School in Macclesfield.

Previously, Mark held key positions such as Director at Avison Young, Assistant Director at PwC, Vice President at GWR Investments Inc, Senior Financial Analyst at Unisys, and Investment Analyst at America First.