Mark is a Singapore qualified advocate and solicitor. He has worked in the financial industry for 30 years specializing in the areas of corporate-investment banking legal as well as regulatory compliance, risk and regulator relations/liaison. Mark has held these various roles in financial institutions across Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Most recently, he served as Chief Compliance Officer and APAC Head of Compliance at DTCC Singapore (a licensed trade repository). In that role, he was responsible for regulatory compliance and risk as well as liaising/managing regulatory relationships. He also managed the Board and Board Committees, holding responsibility for attendant corporate governance matters. Prior to that, Mark worked in Standard Chartered Bank Singapore (SCB) holding various roles, such as Head of Master Documentation and in Regulatory Affairs. Before joining SCB, he was based in Hong Kong with Credit Agricole CIB, as Head of Capital Markets Legal, CIBC World Markets and Lehman Brothers (both) in Tokyo, Deutsche Bank Singapore and Peregrine Fixed Income Ltd.

Mark received his law degree at the University of Toronto and his BA (History) magna cum laude, from the University of Ottawa.