Target Group has announced the promotion of Mark Gilliver to chief growth officer.

Gilliver (pictured) will be responsible for setting the firm’s growth strategy and executing Target Group’s three to five-year growth plan. He will head a team of colleagues covering business development, solutions and bid disciplines.

Gilliver’s remit will include driving closer collaboration between Target, Tech Mahindra, and their portfolio companies. The aim of this collaboration will be to help maximise market opportunities, deliver economies of scale and value for current and prospective clients. He will also concentrate on helping different business units to bring new, disruptive solutions to a rapidly evolving market.

He said: “My aim is to establish and maintain Target Group as the market leader in transformation. Target’s deep domain expertise in regulated financial services, with Tech Mahindra’s transformation, innovation and customer experience knowledge gives a one partner vendor solution bringing together our best-in-class expertise.

“It’s an exciting place to be. The foundations are there for us to build an incredibly special company delivering innovative and effective solutions across the industry.”

Roger Newman, Target Group CEO, added: “Mark has been instrumental in growing our business. His knowledge of the industry and his desire to deliver the right solutions for our clients has been outstanding. The role of chief growth officer will be an excellent platform to continue this sterling work.”