Mark Basile is the Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge Advisory, an investment and advisory firm focused on helping small and medium-sized companies scale through strategic advice, capital, and operational expertise. With more than 25 years of experience in global finance and strategy consulting, Mark founded SouthBridge to bring institutional-grade investment strategies and tools to the distinct needs of the SME sector.

Prior to founding SouthBridge, Mark was a partner and co-head of Credit and Capital Markets at Veritas Capital until 2024, where he built the firm’s credit investing business and capital markets platform from the ground up, overseeing the deployment of $2.5 billion and raising $1.5 billion in equity from a global investor base. He was an inaugural member of the credit and markets group at KKR, and a founding member of the U.S. Leveraged Finance group at Barclays Capital. He began his career in strategic advisory and consulting roles at Accenture and Sapient, along with an operating role in a supply chain technology business.

Mark holds an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a B.S. in Engineering, with a concentration in Operations Research, from Princeton University. He is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). He serves on the Board of Directors of You Gotta Believe!, is an active father of five, and is an enthusiast of international history, spy fiction, and French culture, a reflection of his upbringing in Europe. He lives in Babylon with his family.