Mark Milsted
Founder of Performance Method; Commercial Leadership Advisor and Fractional Commercial Director for B2B founders and MDs. 25+ years in commercial leadership and B2B scaling.
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Jun 30, 2026
Chantal BakerHOST
And so how did you get into this field? Tell us a bit about your background, how did it all start?
Mark MilstedGUEST
And what do you do with a history degree if you don't want to be a history teacher? No offence to history teachers.
Mark MilstedGUEST
I wanted to get into sales for the reasons that people do, sometimes slightly shallow reasons, but that was my aim.
Mark MilstedGUEST
And I went for interviews with lots of different companies, recruitment companies and companies direct.
Mark MilstedGUEST
And through that process, I ended up meeting the founder of a recruitment company based in Egham called BMS, which was very, very small at the time, 10, 15 people.
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