Mark Baker
Finance Director
“VALLA was always going to be an attractive move for me. I was offered the ability to become a shareholder at an early stage and twinned with VALLA’s approach to clients, independence and support of staff development; this was an easy decision.”
After leaving the Royal Navy in 1990, Mark began working as a bookkeeper with a bank-owned trust company in the Finance Industry. Leaving eight years later as an administrator, Mark subsequently moved to another privately owned Trust Company as an Associate Director. He qualified as an Accountant in 1998, having moved into client administration, joining Valla as Finance and Client Administration Director in 2008. Mark is responsible for the internal finance function together with overall responsibility for the client accounting.
Mark qualified with the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and was accepted as a member in 2000 before being awarded a Fellowship in 2005.