Primary Job Title Chief Executive Primary Organization 
L Marks
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Daniel Saunders is a technologist at heart, with a background in software engineering, startup investment and economic development. As a trusted advisor in corporate innovation, he has worked with dozens of global industry leaders, identifying and implementing pioneering technologies.
Recognising the power of innovation and the necessary rigour
to ensure its success, Daniel joined Stuart Marks in 2014, in founding L Marks and designed the process and platform to be the innovation partner for large organisations, supporting them to identify and implement innovation solutions, deliver measurable results, and achieve strategic objectives. L Marks is now the UK’s most successful corporate innovation company, having launched over 100 corporate innovation initiatives globally, with over 450 startup alumni who have raised over $3 billion in investment funding.
Prior to L Marks, Daniel served as Chief of Staff for Economic Development at the Israeli Embassy, where he led the team representing Israel’s Ministry of Economy in the UK. During his tenure, he launched new UK-Israel bilateral trade engagements, generated and tracked over 1,000 business introductions between British and Israeli firms, and was accountable for cultivating increased commercial and economic relations with bilateral trade increasing by 61%.
His previous roles include designing and implementing the data infrastructure at a City liquidity optimisation consulting firm that has since been acquired by ICAP plc, and developing one of the world’s first mobile operating systems, acquired by the Nokia Corporation. For over 20 years, Daniel has designed, discovered or integrated the latest technological advances into large, complex organisations.
He has invested in thirty-five early-stage companies and now advocates for authentic business transformation through embedding entrepreneurialism internally and integrating open innovation.
