Job Title:
Company:
Mark McNeil Blair was the Chief Financial Officer of Mr Price Group Limited from April 2007 until December 2018 when he became CEO. He also serves as its Member of Group Management Board. Mark has been Executive Director of Mr Price Group Limited since 1 March 2006. He qualified as a CA (SA) in 1989, after which he worked for two years at the South African Revenue Services. In 1991 he joined H Lewis Trafalgar (Pty) Ltd as their Group Financial Manager. He held this position for two years before moving to EY in 1994. After working with the firm in both the Cape Town and Brisbane offices, he was made a Director in 1999 and Partner in their Durban office in 2001. He joined Mr Price in 2006 as an Executive Director of Special Projects and after a year was appointed as CFO.
Work
2019 - Present Chief Executive Offiver, Mr Price Group Ltd
2006 – 2018 Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, Mr Price Group Ltd
2006 – 2006 Executive Director of Special Projects, Mr Price Group Ltd
2001 – 2005 Partner, EY, Durban
1999 – 2000 Director, EY, Durban
1994 – 1998 EY, Cape Town/Brisbane
1991 – 1993 Group Financial Manager, H Lewis Trafalgar (Pty) Ltd
1990 – 1991 South African Revenue Service
Education
1989 CA (SA)
About Mr Price Group Limited: Mr Price Group Limited is an omni-channel, fashion value retailer. The Group retails apparel, homeware and sportsware through owned and franchised stores and online channels in Africa and Australia. Merchandise is predominantly own-branded and targeted at younger customers in the mid to upper LSM categories. Mr Price Group comprises the five retail trading divisions of mrp, mrphome, mrpsport, Miladys and Sheet Street. In addition, mrpmoney offers credit, insurance and mobile products across the retail omni-channels.
