Mark is currently chair of the Board Risk Committee at Harpenden Building Society and a trustee of the National Counties Building Society Pension Fund. Previous experience as Chief Risk Officer at National Counties Building Society, Head of Market Risk at Nationwide Building Society and Trustee of Nationwide Pension Fund has provided experience and knowledge in a broad range of financial instruments and asset classes, from the perspectives of issuer, investor, fund sponsor and trustee. Earlier in his ‘career’, Mark worked at SGWarburg Group plc, Tullett & Tokyo Financial Services Ltd, and Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mark graduated in PPE from Keble College, Oxford, is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Corporate Treasurer, and holds the PMI Award in Pension Trusteeship.