Mark was born in Leeds in 1961. Educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and Manchester University where he graduated with BA(Hons) Degree in French Studies.

He joined Barclays in London in 1984 and completed their Management Development Programme and became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1988. After two years managing Barclays’ Student Sponsorship Scheme and European Graduate Recruitment he became Senior Manager, Financial Institutions Group with responsibility for Correspondent Banking in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. In 1993, he and his family moved to Paris, where he established Barclays Global Custody in France. He became Change Management Director of Merck Finck private bank in Munich in 1995, and in 1997 moved to Jersey where he was Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Private Banking Offshore, with responsibility for Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Cayman, BVI and Bermuda.

In 2000 He left the Barclays Group to become Chief Operating Officer for EFG Reads Trust Company. After a year working on back office project for Royal Bank of Scotland International, in October 2002 he became Director of Operations at Jersey Financial Services Commission where he was also an Assistant Registrar. He left the Commission, after 5 years, having successfully moved the business to brand new premises on the Esplanade.

He moved to Guernsey in September 2007 to take up his new position.

Mark is married, with two children at university.

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