Mark Rowse

Mark Rowse established Ingenta in May 1998 as a business focused on the online distribution of journal and reference material to librarians and researchers worldwide. Ingenta has grown rapidly since its establishment; the number of employees has risen from 25 to 130 and the number of journals available online has increased from 400 to 6,000 with a further 20,000 publications available for fax and Ariel delivery. Ingenta now has over 60% of its business in the US and works with nine of the top ten scientific, technical and medical research-based publishers. Ingenta is now listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Mark was formerly a director of Spafax, a subsidiary of Aspen Group plc, managing revenues of some $100 million. At Spafax he was responsible for identifying and developing the potential of in-flight entertainment and supplying media to over 40 major airlines, including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. He moved to the media industry after six years at NM Rothschild working in mergers and acquisitions.