Over the past 15 years, Mark has held a variety of active service roles including Patrol Captain, Radio Officer and Executive Roles of Deputy President and President. Mark has been a driving influence of club development and strategic planning during his time with Emu Park SLSC. Mark has also been a Councillor at Branch Level and was nominated by SLSA as a Masterclass Leader in 2016. Mark has competed at State and Aussies Championships in surf boat rowing with Emu Park, Mooloolaba and Metropolitan Caloundra and is a current patrolling member for Mooloolaba SLSC.

Based on the Sunshine Coast, Mark is the Urban Development Lead for Brisbane in an international consultancy (CPEng & RPEQ) and has over 20 years’ civil engineering experience in both urban and municipal planning and development. He has a continuing commitment to strategic planning, business development, leadership, and development coordination. Mark is a business and engineering graduate together with graduation from AICD and is passionate about the opportunity of combining his professional knowledge of strategic planning and infrastructure development with volunteer lifesaving.