Mark McCord

• Wrote and edited finance features, thought-leadership pieces, market intelligence articles and blogs for clients in Europe, Asia, and the US.
• Clients: Realization Group, Bloomberg, Formative, Copperberg, Write Hand, Ptarmigan, BabelQuest, John Hancock Insurance, and Erasmus Programme, among others.

Curation Corp is a professional risk monitoring and intelligence service, managing the exponential growth of content via professionally curated feeds.

• Edited technology-focused subscription newsletters mailed to C-suite executives for London-based financial information.
• Sourced intel from a huge range of specialist, industry, and news publications. 
• Worked on the curation of two briefings, Disruption in Asset Management and Disruption in Insurance, e-mailed each day directly to C-suite executives in the financial services sector.

The Canmaker is a global B2B publication for the metal packaging industry.

• Contributed features and articles covering companies and markets news, opinion pieces of overseas assignments. 
• Researched and created industry-related stories.

• Oversaw the publication of news and feature items for Hong Kong and London.
• Managed copy and reporters for corporate finance, bonds/FX, technology, and stocks teams, inaugurating and produced exclusive daily news and features. 
• Directed editing of Bloomberg world exclusives that scooped rivals on Google’s exit from China after a censorship row.

• Started as the desk editor for the Asia region before being promoted to senior correspondent in the Hong Kong Bureau, managing the agency's news, business, and arts coverage of the city.
• Won more than 50% of Asian newspaper wire uptake for AFP. Achieved this by retooling reporting team and refocusing on local breaking news and regional features.
• Led reporting that made AFP the world’s most cited international news wire during Asian SARS and bird flu outbreaks and Hong Kong’s pro-democracy uprising.

• Produced news, lifestyle, business, and sports features for HK and London news organizations as well as B2B publications.
• Clients: South China Morning Post, HK Standard (Hong Kong) Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday (London) Japan Times, Cargo News Asia, Asian Business Asia (Hong Kong), and Asian Week (US).
• Filed stories including eyewitness accounts of 9-11 attacks in New York and extensive aftermath coverage, fallout from Enron scandal, and wide reportage of New York's Chinese communities.