Mark was educated at Sandbach School after which he attained an Honours Law degree at the University of Liverpool. Mark qualified as a Solicitor in 1985 with Edward Lloyd & Company one of the original constituent practices of Lees Lloyd Whitley.

After qualification, Mark spent two years as an in house lawyer with Barclays Bank plc based at the Barclaycard headquarters in Northampton. During this time, he specialised in both secured and unsecured recoveries in connection with Consumer and Commercial lending. In 1988, he returned to the North West as Head of Debt Recovery with Eversheds, working in their Warrington, Manchester and Leeds offices before joining Lees Lloyd Whitley in 1996 and becoming a partner in 1998.

Mark continues to be responsible for the Public and Private Sector Debt Recovery department at Lees Lloyd Whitley as well as now enjoying an expanded role giving him management responsibility to oversee the Litigation and Insolvency teams.

Mark is a member of the Institute of Credit Management and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.

Married with one daughter, what little free time he has left is then devoted to travel, golf, football, photography and music.