Mark has spent over 30 years in enterprise risk, internal audit and assurance roles in UK central government and the private sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CFIIA) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA).
Mark led the revision and publication of the UK central government principles and concepts for the management of risk (The Orange Book). He has also worked proactively with a range of other cross-government functions to embed these risk management principles, including working with the Commercial function in the development and launch of the Sourcing Playbook and the Construction Playbook.
He is the Chair of the UK cross-government Heads of Risk Network, who have developed a range of additional good practice guidance, covering Risk Appetite, Risk Reporting, and Risk Management Skills and Capabilities. He also leads work for the UK Civil Service Board to analyse and present cross-cutting strategic risks to highlight areas for collective consideration and decision-making.
Mark is also the Governance, Risk & Assurance Director for the UK Ministry of Justice. Additionally, he is an active Race Champion and Social Mobility mentor to promote and drive activities to address under-representation and to ensure equality of opportunity.
He was the Group Chief Internal Auditor for the UK Department for Work and Pensions from 2011-2018 and a Director in the UK Government Internal Audit Agency from 2016-2018. During this period, his teams were named as the IIA Outstanding Public Sector Team, the CIPFA Counter Fraud Team of the Year and the Government Finance Function Internal Audit Team of the Year.
Prior to these roles, Mark was a Senior Manager in Arthur Andersen’s Business Risk Consulting and Assurance practice. He was responsible for leading the provision of internal audit, risk consulting and assurance services to a range of public sector clients and UK FTSE 250 companies.
