Mark commenced his professional career in auditing and thereafter moved into the world of commerce with various roles as a Finance Manager and Finance Director in a number of international manufacturing companies in the Oil, Textiles and Electronics Industries. He subsequently moved into the Professional Services Industry and took on the role of Practice Manager in a leading South African law firm where he served for seven years. This was followed by his appointment as International Senior Project Manager and subsequently Operations Senior Manager in a Private Client and Professional Services organisation operating across Africa and Western Europe. Four years later, he relocated to the United Kingdom and took up the position of Finance Manager in a leading international Intellectual Property Law firm headquartered in London where he served for two years prior to joining Cordery. He was a lecturer for three years in the Practice Management Programme of the Law Society of South Africa’s Legal Education and Development Department. Mark graduated from the University of South Africa with an Honours Degree majoring in Accounting, Auditing and Tax.