1. Mark Featherstone-Witty is the founding principal and chief executive of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts which he founded, with Paul McCartney, in the mid-1990s, after establishing the British Record Industry Trust BRIT School in Croydon with Richard Branson.
Mark Featherstone-Witty created and edited a regional arts magazine for the North-East of England, 'Face North'.
Mark Featherstone-Witty left to teach at The Leventhorpe School, a comprehensive school in Hertfordshire.
Mark Featherstone-Witty worked as the Consultative Education Editor for Quartet Books and wrote book reviews and profiles for a variety of national magazines and newspapers.
Mark Featherstone-Witty became Principal of Holborn Tutorial College for two years before founding his own tutorial college, Capital College, in 1980.
Mark Featherstone-Witty decided his next venture would be a performing arts school with a curriculum that focused on achieving lasting work in the arts and entertainment industry.
Mark Featherstone-Witty describes this period of development in his 2001 book 'Optimistic, Even Then'.
Mark Featherstone-Witty was a board member of the National Academy of Writing.
Mark Featherstone-Witty is a board member of the Royal Court Theatre Liverpool Trust, which completed the first phase of restoration in 2011 and aims to further refurbish this grand art deco theatre.
Mark Featherstone-Witty has been a judge for The Liverpool Music Awards since 2012.
Mark Featherstone-Witty is a member and director of The LIPA Primary School, as well as the LIPA Sixth Form College.
Mark Featherstone-Witty is a director of the Sell A Door Theatre Company.
Mark Featherstone-Witty encouraged Harvey Goldsmith to relocate his legacy experience 'The British Music Experience' to Liverpool, where it has opened in the Cunard Building.
Mark Featherstone-Witty is a trustee, while LIPA is the educational partner.