Mark has chaired the Buckinghamshire VCSE Partnership Board since it was established in 2020 to help the sector provide a coordinated response to the Covid19 pandemic. The success of this role has forged greater collaboration between the VCSE, Buckinghamshire Council and NHS partners.

Mark's career has focused on leadership and strategy roles, advancing the benefits of movement, physical activity and sport. Since 2012 Mark has led Leap (Active Partnership for Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes). Active Partnerships form a national network attracting and investing approx £100M annually to ensure the nation benefits from being more physically active.
Prior to joining Leap, from 1995, Mark worked for National Lottery distributor Sport England, where he held a number of roles - National Junior Sports Programme, Talent Identification and Head of Strategy working with a large number of sports' National Governing Bodies as they geared up for London 2012.