MA, BA, MCIfA, FSA.

Mark joined the NAS back in 2001 and since 2015 he has worked as the Nautical Archaeology Society Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for the day to day management of the charity.
Mark sits on the Archaeology Training Forum, the International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA) Steering Committee, the Gresham Ship Project Steering Group as well as the Heritage and Craft Committee of the Society for Nautical Research. Mark also represents the NAS as an accredited NGO at meetings of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee for UNESCO.
Mark is the licensee of the HMS m Holland No. 5 submarine and the Normans’ Bay Wreck protected wrecks. He has coordinated research and access to both these protected wrecks and in addition has undertaken research on the HMS m/A1 submarine and the Coronation protected wreck site on behalf of English Heritage. In 2014 Mark authored a report for English Heritage on the Local Economic Benefit of a Protected Wreck, establishing the value that could be placed on a historic wreck for the local economy of Plymouth, Devon.