Mark Smith

Financial Controller at West Midlands Trains

Mark Smith is an experienced financial professional currently serving as the Financial Controller at West Midlands Trains since March 2025. Prior to this role, Mark held the position of Head of Finance at Solvd. from September 2022 to March 2025. Mark's career in finance began at Abellio Group as Finance Operations Manager from February 2021 to September 2022, following a tenure at KPMG UK, where Mark progressed from Audit Associate to Assistant Audit Manager between September 2015 and February 2021. Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Strathclyde (2011-2015) and earned the CA designation from ICAS - The Professional Body of CAs (2015-2018).

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West Midlands Trains

We are the proud operators of two train networks - West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway - connecting London, the Midlands and the North West. West Midlands Railway is the local operator across Birmingham, running the majority of local services as well as trains to many of the surrounding towns and cities, including Redditch, Stratford-upon-Avon, Worcester, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Telford. Website > wmr.uk London Northwestern Railway connects London to Liverpool along the west coast mainline calling at major town & cities in between including Watford, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Crewe and Liverpool. Website > lnr.uk Both networks are operated by West Midlands Trains Ltd.