Mark Derksen

Mark Derksen has recently relocated from Mexico to Barcelona, where he serves as Head of Global Mobility and Internationally Recruited Staff at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). In this role, Mark leads the strategic transformation of their Global Mobility function, evolving it from an operational focus to a strategic enabler. Prior to this assignment, Mark was Global Director of Talent and Mobility at Bupa, working remotely, where he shaped global mobility and talent strategies across the healthcare group’s international footprint. Mark began his career in 2000 as an expatriate tax advisor for international clients with PwC, before transitioning into in-house mobility leadership roles. He served as Global Mobility Manager for Deloitte in the Netherlands, and later spent three years in South Africa as Global Mobility Leader for Unilever. In 2015, he joined Arup in London as Head of International Mobility, and subsequently returned to Amsterdam, where he hel