Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates added veteran finance organization leader Mark Hawkins as a Venture Partner in its Menlo Park office.
Hawkins, who most recently served as President and CFO Emeritus of Salesforce, brings more than 35 years of experience in building and leading finance organizations at some of the world’s largest software and technology companies.
In this new role, he will work closely with NEA’s leadership team and businesses across the firm’s technology portfolio as they grow and scale their operations.
As President and Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce from 2014 until 2021, Hawkins led the company’s global finance organization and served on its executive committee. Prior to joining Salesforce, he was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Autodesk, where Hawkins led the company’s global finance, information technology and procurement organizations. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance & IT at Logitech International, S.A. and was Vice President of Finance at Dell. Earlier in his career, Hawkins spent 18 years at Hewlett-Packard in a variety of executive roles and served on the company’s board of directors in Japan and China.
Hawkins currently serves as a director of Cloudflare, SecureWorks, Toast and Workday, in addition to numerous privately held companies, and is a member of the Advisory Council for GoodLeap. He is a founding member of the U.S. Chapter of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) CFO Leadership Network, an initiative established and championed by His Majesty King Charles III, and serves as chair of the A4S Global Advisory Council.
Hawkins holds a bachelor’s degree in operations management from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
