Mark Cooper Cairns is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman for Freightways Ltd. and Chairman-Elect at Two Degrees Mobile Ltd. Mr. Cairns is also Member of Institute of Directors in New Zealand, Inc. and Member of LEADR NZ and on the board of 5 other companies.

He previously occupied the position of Chairman of North Tugz Ltd., Chairman of Metropack Ltd., Chief Executive Officer for Port of Tauranga Ltd. Chairman for Tapper Transport Ltd. and Chairman at Quality Marshalling Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of Port of Tauranga Ltd.), Chief Executive Officer for Toll Owens Ltd., Operations Head at hibu Plc, General Manager of Fulton Hogan Ltd., Member of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in NZ, Inc., Executive VP-Integration & Client Services at Thryv Holdings, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of Owens Cargo Co. Ltd. and Head-UK & USA Operations at Yellow Book USA, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Auckland University and a graduate degree from Massey University.