Mark Purdy is a senior research contributor to ThoughtLab, bringing a unique blend of economics, technology and business insights to our most complex thought leadership programs. He specializes in the economic and business impacts of next-generation digital technologies and has conducted wide range of quantitative studies on related topics. Mark has been published widely on technology issues in tier-1 media and business journals such as Harvard Business Review (online), Sloan Management Review, The South China Morning Post, and The Straits Times.
Before becoming an independent advisor and contributor to ThoughtLab, Mark was the chief economist of one of the world’s largest management and technology consultancies for 20 years, leading a range of research and thought leadership projects in the field of technology. Prior to that, he was an economic advisor at the U.K. Competition Commission, the Consumers’ Association (where he focused on telecoms regulation and competition policy), and Ireland’s National Economic and Social Council. He has a B.A. (Hons) and a master’s degree in economics from Trinity College, Dublin.