Mark Florman

Carl Alan Mark Florman (born 2 November 1958) is a British businessman, entrepreneur and a pioneer in impact philanthropy and social justice. He is a co-founder and former CEO of the merchant banking group Maizels, Westerberg & Co.

Mark Florman was born in London to a Swedish father and an English mother. His father, Charles Florman, had come to London during World War II to establish the English office of the Swedish airline Aerotransport, which had been founded by Charles's father Carl Florman and uncle Adrian Florman in 1924 and was to become part of Scandinavian Airlines in 1948.

Mark Florman was educated at Harrow School and graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1981. He moved to the United States in 1982.

Florman joined The Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, where he co-founded the interest rate swap business in America and worked in corporate banking, US T-Bills and money & capital markets. From the mid-1980s as a Director of County Bank and then a Partner of Enskilda Securities he advised on corporate restructurings, M&A and equity capital markets. In 1991, he worked on the acquisition of Scandinavian Bank for Enskilda and co-founded SEB Capital Markets in the same year.

In 1992, Florman was co-founder and later CEO of Maizels, Westerberg & Co., which became a leading independent firm in M&A and corporate restructurings, advising on Scandinavia’s largest corporate rescue (Kooperativa Förbundet) and the largest corporate breakup in Europe (Procordia, creating Swedish Match and Pharmacia). MW & Co. pioneered Public Private Partnerships in the Nordic countries, advising state entities and governments. MW & Co. established advisory businesses in shipping and structured finance (e.g. Hambro Maizels Westerberg, with Hambros Bank) and in principal investing. The firm won a number of awards for its advisory work. MW& Co. was ranked No. 1 amongst independent European corporate finance houses by IFR in both 1998 and 1999.

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