Mark has been engaged as Director of Environment for Greater Manchester since 2012. Mark provides strategic direction and support to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Board and Partnership for delivery of the Greater Manchester Five Year Environment Plan. In this role, Mark leads the development and delivery of strategies, policies, research and demonstration projects for natural environment, sustainable consumption & production and low carbon work areas. Current projects include: smart energy generation projects, domestic and public building energy efficiency programmes, heat network development, energy innovation, campaigns and behaviour change, resource efficiency, natural capital investment planning, climate change adaptation research plus developing joint work programmes between GM and several government departments including the GM Net Zero Accelerator. Prior to his current appointment, Mark joined the Northwest Regional Development Agency in 2002, culminating in the role of Director of Energy and Environment. In this role, Mark managed a project investment portfolio of circa £30m/annum, providing innovative and strategic leadership to the Agency’s work on energy & environmental technologies sector development; climate change and carbon reduction; sustainable consumption & production and environment quality. Mark holds a science degree in Organic Chemistry and Industrial Ecology (Hons); and Master’s Degrees in Hydrobiology (M.Sc.) and Leadership for Sustainability (M.A.) plus several management qualifications.