2022 Global Leaders in Consulting: Mark Taylor

With over 20 years' of business and sales experience, Mark has led multiple, large-scale transformation projects spanning strategy, operating model redesign and sales force effectiveness across multiple sectors including Banking & Financial services, IT & Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Industrial and Consumer products and Transport & Logistics.

What do you consider your greatest personal or professional achievement?

Setting up the Blackdot EMEA Region from a blank sheet of paper and growing it into a thriving consulting practice, is one of my greatest professional achievements.

What advice would you give a professional just beginning a career in consulting?

Consulting at its essence is about becoming a trusted adviser – so nurture your contacts, love your clients, and excel at a specialism that organizations need.

What have you loved most about your consulting career?

Having been with Blackdot for nearly 10 years, consulting has remained a true passion of mine, not only because I enjoy the diversity and novelty of solving business problems across different industries and functions – but also because we get to work with bright and extraordinary people that are committed to bettering themselves and adapting to a new customer-centric world.

What's the best advice—personal or professional—you've ever received?

Lean into all the challenges that you face in life.

What does being honored as a Global Leader mean to you?

Being recognized as a global leader in consulting means that our efforts in challenging the status quo have proven successful – which is something we are honored to be acknowledged for. From a firm and individual standpoint, we take pride in the unique experiences we provide in client engagements. This empowers us to keep pushing the boundaries and continue finding inventive ways to create value.