Mark Peters was born and educated in Ireland – after school he became a commercial banker with Allied Irish Bank plc, Dublin in 1979.
In 1985 he obtained a grant scholarship with the Ford Foundation in the US to research the financing of small business and community development, based in South Africa. This research involved working directly with Social Investment Banks in 12 countries over 30 months.
In 1988, he joined Wits Business School’s Centre for Developing Business as a Programme Manager and consultant. Between 1988 and 1996, Mark worked on over 78 Training and Developmental consultancies.
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