Bio

Mark Harms is founder and managing partner of Bespoke. Mark manages the firm and sits on the board of Bespoke’s portfolio companies including Vintage Wine Estates and World Gym Taiwan. Mark was a Vice Chairman of the World Travel & Tourism Council for 5 years, a member and on the Board of the International Association of Gaming Advisors, a William Pitt Fellow of Chatham House, on the Advisory Board of the L,S&A College of the University of Michigan, and active in a number of other charitable endeavours. Mark co-founded and was Education and Chapter Chair of the Mayfair chapter of YPO and is a member of CEO. Prior to Bespoke, Mark founded Global Leisure Partners in 2004, where he is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. GLP has advised on over US$60 billion of transactions to date, deploying over $500 million of capital into a number of investments and developing an industry leading Operating Executive Network with 75+ members. Mark has extensive experience with regard to leveraged debt, mezzanine and equity financing techniques in Europe and the U.S. with over US$100bn in completed transactions. Prior to founding GLP, he worked at Oppenheimer as a Managing Director and at CIBC as Global Head of the Gaming, Lodging, and Leisure Group as well as the Head of the Consumer Growth Group. Mark has a BA (Honors) from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is fluent in German.