Mark Kelly currently works with World Vision as a Regional Chief Operating Officer covering the countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The regional areas of focus include: nutrition; education; child protection; urban environments; and disaster risk reduction. With over 6,100 staff located in the countries and a budget of over $220 million, the linkage of grassroots change with national and regional policy level dialogue is of increasing importance.

Mark has worked in over 40 countries. While working with World Vision, he has been National Director in Armenia, Operations Director in Vietnam, and Global Director for Knowledge Management in the USA.

Mark is currently chair of the newly formed “Asia Innovation Working Group”, a subcommittee of the Innovation Working Group formed by the UN Secretary General as part of the Every Women Every Child strategy.

He has an undergraduate degree in Commerce, and Masters in Development from the ANU.