Chief Inspector 

Staff Officer to National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) Head of Strategic Hub 

Mark is a serving police officer with 29 years’ experience having worked in CT, SOC, Financial crime, Intelligence, Training, Community Policing and Public Order. In 2016 he was seconded to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and 2020 the Home Office developing the Joint International Policing Hub (JIPH) where he was the Acting and then Deputy Head of Unit, a Strategic Policing Advisor, and International Engagement officer.  He is currently the staff officer to the head of the NPCC Strategic Hub.  

Between 2017-2021, Mark was at the forefront of the creation and delivery of the Home Office Modern Slavery Team / Vietnamese Peoples Police human trafficking training programme. Mark was part of consortia boards of management for the European Union Police & Civilian Services Training (EUPCST); the International Police Advisors Masterclass (IPAM); and currently sits on the Open University/Centre for Policing Research & Learning Membership & Steering Committees and the International Police Experts Network. In 2019 he was awarded an International Police Association Arthur Troop Scholarship allowing him to study Transnational Child Sexual Exploitation within the Australian Federal Police / ARLEMP - Asian Region Law Enforcement Management Programme. In 2020 he was invited as a past Alumnus to participate in ARLEMP’s Pandemic and Resilience Preparedness programme.  

Mark is a founding Director (2023) of the Ethical Support Alliance (Charitable Foundation) where he is a visiting lecturer at the Lviv State University of Internal Affairs (LvSUIA), Ukraine where he initiated an Ethics and Standards English Language programme for police recruits. In 2023, Mark was the author of the International Policing modules for a BSc degree programme for the Royal Cambodian Police Academy. 

Mark’s academic background is Leadership & Management, Training, Security, Crisis and Risk Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Security & Risk Management, a member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and is currently studying for an MSc in International Policing.