The MISSION Group plc announced that Mark Lund OBE has joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair. At the same time, Andrew Nash has informed the Board of his intention to step down. Mark Lund will assume his role as Chair of the Board's Audit and Risk Committee.

Most recently, Mark Lund was President of McCann Worldgroup UK and Europe (2014-2022) where he headed a 5,000+ strong organisation across 45 countries. His remit was to bring them together to deliver total integration at scale in all aspects of business communications and reputation building. Prior to this, he co-founded two independent advertising businesses, one of which, Delaney Lund Knox Warren, became a top 10 UK agency, now known as Mullen Lowe.

He has also served as the Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), the UK government's marketing and communications arm and behaviour change centre. Mark has been Chairman of the Advertising Association and served on the councils of both ISBA (the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) and the IPA (the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) and as Chair of the Advertising Association's Media Smart and Children's Panel. He still sits on the Advertising Association council.

He received an OBE for services to the advertising industry in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2016. Mark is currently Chairman of Asbof, the funding body for the UK's advertising self-regulation system and of Smart Energy GB, the body overseeing the consumer outreach for the Smart Meter rollout.