Mark Dyne is chairman and CEO of Europlay Capital Advisors, a merchant banking and advisory firm. He has also served as CEO of Sega Gaming Technologies and Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., and CEO and chairman of Virgin Interactive. He is an investor in Skype and a member of its board. Dyne is a member of the board of Atomico.
He was one of the first investors in Skype, the internet communications outfit now owned by Microsoft, and he served on Skype's original board. Dyne was a member of the original board of Skype together with Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom until it was sold to eBay for over $2.6 billion, and subsequently led the negotiations for Joltid to become a major shareholder of Skype in its acquisition from eBay in November 2009 and re-joined the board of directors. He was the longest-serving board member of Skype, serving from its start to the end sale when Skype was sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion.
He is a member of the board of directors of Synthean, and is chairman of Tag-It Pacific, Inc. In January 2000, MCV called him "The Deal Maker" and published his Ten Rules of Negotiating.
Dyne is on the Board of Directors at Starship Technologies and at HouseCanary.
Mark Dyne was a founder and director of Packard Bell NEC Australia, a manufacturer and distributor of personal computers through the Australian mass merchant channel.
