Mark Preston is Chair of the London and South East University Group Board of Governors.
Mark Preston was Chair of the University of Kent’s Council from 2023 until 2026 and was appointed Chair of LASE’s Board of Governors in 2026.
Mark graduated from the then University of Kent at Canterbury (Keynes College) in 1983 with a BA (Hons) in Accountancy and Economics. He then joined Barclays Bank on a graduate training scheme and after that spent much of his career with various North American banks in senior investment banking positions. Over the last ten years he has performed various corporate workouts whilst taking on non-executive director positions in the mutual and private equity sectors, currently serving as Chair of a building society.
As Chair, Mark serves on the following Board of Governors committees: Finance & Estates Committee, People and Nominations Committee, Remuneration Committee and Honorary Degrees Committee.