Mark Stirton

Mark Stirton is an experienced financial professional with strong entrepreneurial agility and large corporate experience. He is currently the CFO of New Zealand-based retailer, The Warehouse. Before that, he was in South Africa, where he served as the CFO of the Mr Price Group from January 2019. He was with Mr Price for almost 10 years, joining the company as group finance head of strategic projects in June 2014. He was promoted to group FD in 2016. 

Before this, he was the group commercial manager of strategic business development and pharma affairs at Pharma Group for a year, and managing director of Eurotap Investments for eight years, respectively. Mark’s career started at PwC as an article clerk.

For his work as the CFO of Mr Price Group, Mark has been nominated for the 2022 CFO Awards. 

Work
2024 – Present     Chief Financial Officer, The Warehouse
2019 – 2024          Chief Financial Officer, Mr Price Group
2016 – 2019          Group Financial Director, Mr Price Group
2014 – 2015          Group Finance Head: Strategic Projects, Mr Price Group
2013 – 2014          Group Commercial Manager: Strategic Business Development and Pharma Affairs,                                     Aspen Pharmacare
2005 – 2013          Managing Director, Eurotap Investments
2002 – 2005          Article Clerk, PwC

Education
2007 – 2000          FCMA, CIMA
2001 – 2001          CA (SA), SAICA
1998 – 2001          BCom, Accounting, UNISA



About company: The Warehouse is New Zealand’s largest general merchandise retailer, known and loved by Kiwis for our wide range of products from clothing, entertainment, technology and music to sporting, gardening and many others.