After leaving University with a BA (hons) degree in Management Science (with a specialism in Marketing), Mark started work in the leisure management sector with pioneers Crossland Leisure. Then in 1991 Mark was a co-founder, shareholder and Managing Director of DC Leisure (now Places for People Leisure) which grew to operate over 100 public leisure centres on behalf of local authorities, until the company was eventually sold to a venture capital backed MBO in 2005.
Mark also set up 3d Leisure in 1991, a leisure management operator and consultancy provider specialising in the management and support for fitness, spa and leisure facilities within the private, hotel, corporate, education sectors. 3d currently manage and provide support services to 91 clubs across the U.K.
3d Leisure provides many of the key support services to Bootcamp Pilates, for which Mark remains the Managing Director.