Mark Bedingham

Mark Bedingham serves as an Advisory Board Member at Union since November 2022 and has been the President and CEO of SMI Vantage Limited since January 2015, focusing on investment, the new economy, and food and beverage. Additional roles include Senior Advisor at INVERLEITH LLP since 2017, Vice Chairman at Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corporation from September 2020 to November 2022, and Executive Chairman at CÉ LA VI from 2017 to January 2022. Mark held the position of Chief Operating Partner at Turmeric Capital for a brief period in 2021 and served as Executive Chairman at CRYSTAL JADE CULINARY CONCEPTS from 2018 to November 2020. Prior experience includes Regional Managing Director at Moët Hennessy from 1995 to 2014, Non-Executive Director at DFS from 2007 to September 2014, and Director at Jardine Pacific Ltd from 1995 to 2002. Mark Bedingham earned a Master of Arts in Agricultural and Forest Sciences from the University of Oxford, where studies were completed from 1974 to 1977.