Biography
Mark Besca
Audit Committee Chair
Markel Group
Current public company boards: Markel Group Inc.
Executive Experience: Mark Besca is currently the audit committee chair at the Markel Group Inc. He retired from EY where he served in various roles including the leader of Long-Term Value and Stakeholder Capitalism initiative, managing partner of EY’s New York City office and Northeast managing partner of EY’s Assurance and Advisory Business. In addition, Mark Besca served as lead and senior advisory audit partner of Fortune 500 companies in the Media and Entertainment, Consumer Products and Airline industries. Mr. Besca also has held several civic positions, including Chair Emeritus of the Pace University Board of Trustees and Fellow of the David Rockefeller – New York City Partnership. He brings a broad array of skills and expertise to the Board from his many years of advising major corporations across a number of industries.
Additional information: Mark Besca has a BBA degree in Accounting from Pace University and MBA in Finance from the Columbia Business School.