Mark commissioned into the Royal Yorkshire Regiment from the ranks following a full career in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.  Achieving the rank of Major, he has a proven record for managing projects and risk worldwide, totaling 33 years of Army service in global defence. 

Mark served on a wide range of operational deployments in Europe, Middle East, South Atlantic and Africa to name a few.  He was also stationed in Nepal as the Logistics Manager with the British Gurkhas during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, where his collaborative contribution to the Gurkha Welfare recovery led to significant stabilisation in a time of national crisis.

Mark left the Army in 2019 and moved into the private security sector, working in the UK and Africa on corporate and hostile environment contracts.  He moved to FSI in September 2022 where he started as the Head of Corporate Accounts. In 2024, due to the companies continued growth Mark moved into his current role as Account Director (Caterpillar).