Mark Salway

Mark Salway has extensive experience of enabling nonprofit organisations to become sustainable through the implementation of robust business plans.

Mark came from CARE International UK where he was Director of Corporate Services and Finance (including Knowledge Management) and worked on the oversight of refugee camps in the Horn of Africa. He then went on to form the innovative finance work at Bayes Business School publishing a book on Social Finance and Social Investment. He has worked for Moore Kingston Smith, first heading up the Nonprofit Advisory team, and then as an associate consultant. Most recently, Mark was Chief Operating Officer at IUCN (the global conservation and nature organisation).

He has practical hands-on experience setting up innovative learning and finance mechanisms with complex governance structures: Barclays Bank (Banking on Change) and WSUP (with Unilever, Borouge and Borealis, Cranfield, WaterAid and others).

Mark has been involved with evaluation of Durable Solutions in Somalia, HRP response for OCHA and has written briefings on humanitarian aid and the changing aid context for EU ministers with the Egmont Foundation. He has also worked on volunteering across the EU Humanitarian portfolio.

His most recent work was writing the 20-year strategic plan for IUCN. This involved multiple stakeholders and wide consultation. The strategy was agreed at Congress in October 2025.