Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a top 10 firm in Ipswich spending 10 years in their audit team. Over the last 10 years, Mark has been involved in various commercial roles covering construction, retail, business intelligence and academic publishing, including a FTSE 100 plc company. In April 2023 Mark was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the IPRS Group having previously held the post of Group Finance Director.