Mark Davyd

CEO & Founder, Music Venue Trust

Mark founded Music Venue Trust in 2014, an award-winning charity which works to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues across the UK. MVT represents over 800 venues and has campaigned to change laws and policies, to gain greater recognition for the vital work GMVs do and make them more sustainable. Mark has co-owned Tunbridge Wells Forum for over 30 years, spent 20 years as CEO of the award-winning music charity Rhythmix and owns Outstanding Music, a 360-degree music company. Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a regular speaker at international conferences and was NME's Person of the Year in 2020. Since then he has won a number of awards for his work.