Mark read English and Philosophy at Bristol University as a logical precursor to becoming an account management trainee at Lintas. There followed 6 years in the cradle of British creative advertising Collett Dickenson Pearce. In 1990 he joined Euro: RSCG as Director of International Development in Paris. After two years of global travel Mark rejoined Still Price Lintas in London, as head of account management.
He moved to Delaney Fletcher Bozell in 1995 as Managing Director. In 2000 he and his partner Greg Delaney led an MBO to form Delaney Lund Knox Warren where he was Group Chief executive. The agency grew from 20 to 220 people. DLKW became part of Creston plc in 2005 and Mark chaired the operating management board of all the Creston companies.
In 2009 as DLKW became a Top 10 UK agency he joined COI as Chief Executive.
He has been Chairman of the Advertising Association from 2006 -2009 and was an IPA council member for ten years.