Mark has over 25 years’ experience working in the sports industry, including Chief Executive Officer of Gymnastics Australia, Chief Executive Officer of Football Federation Victoria and was the first Chief Executive Officer of Bowls Australia Inc, the merged body of the former men’s and women’s national bodies from its formation in 2002.  Mark completed a sports science degree at Wollongong University in 1993 and in 2014/15 completed the Melbourne Business School AIS Performance Leaders Program.  He was the Oceania Representative on the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in 2017 and has held numerous voluntary positions including working with the headquarters staff for the 2006 and 2002 Australian Commonwealth Games Team in Melbourne and Manchester and the 2004 and 2000 Australian Youth Commonwealth Games teams.