Mark Cridge

Biography

Mark is Chief Executive of mySociety, a UK based social enterprise, who help people be active citizens. mySociety's popular services FixMyStreet.com, TheyWorkForYou.com and WhatDoTheyKnow.com are used by over 11 million people each year; and our open source technology and research is used by individuals, journalists, and civil society in over 40 countries worldwide.

Prior to mySociety, Mark enjoyed a diverse 20-year digital career including stints as COO at design consultancy BERG, as a senior advisor at political campaigners Blue State Digital in London, and served on the national executive of the Green Party of England & Wales for five years.

Originally studying Architecture at Strathclyde University, he got his commercial start in 1996 working for a small web design agency in Birmingham before setting up glue London, the UK's first digital advertising agency in 1999, going on to become global managing director of Isobar, following glue’s acquisition in 2005.