Mark is married with three daughters. In 1998. Mark was visiting the UK and saw opportunity and a chance to expand and round off the educational experience of his daughters. In 1999 the family moved to the UK and luckily found Eltham.

Mark has had various roles in his career ranging from managing and import /export company, running a retail store, working in the financial industry and capital funding arena to lecturing in  Creativity, Innovation and Change for a UK University.

Since 2004 Mark has concentrated on helping small business grow and succeed.

Mark holds a Masters Degree in Leadership, a Diploma in Corporate Compliance and Company Directorship. A degree in Marketing. He is a Master Practitioner in NLP and HNLP .

Fuelled by a change in community spirit, changing environments, social issues and the growing concerns around the fate of small business and the viability of High Street traders mark launched the SEnine magazine in December 2006.

Mark and his wife Joanne became Citizenship of the UK in 2007.