Speakers

As a graduate of Philosophy, Mark served for 25 years as an officer in the Royal Marines, focusing mainly on counter terrorist operations and intelligence. Since then, he has spent 20 years in corporate security and held the top security leadership roles in several global organisations, serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and boards, and shaping enterprise-wide approaches to security, resilience, and crisis response. He has been the Chief Security Officer for Smiths Group, Cadbury, Philip Morris International and CRH and the Global Security Leader at PwC, where he led the client-facing Security Consultancy practice. 

Throughout his military and business careers, Mark has been directly involved in many of the world’s most significant crises, conflicts, and natural disasters, bringing deep expertise in crisis planning, response, and recovery. Most recently, he has been intimately involved in the Ukraine crisis, where he has been spending much of his time.