Before moving to Bangladesh, Mark worked from Delhi and Kathmandu, covering events in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

From 2001-3 he lived in Kinshasa, reporting on “Africa's World War” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He began his career in news as a backpacker in southern Africa in 1996, before getting a job at Reuters. He later moved to the BBC World Service, and eventually became a Senior Producer for the news programmes, Focus on Africa and Network Africa.

His reports have been broadcast across BBC TV and Radio. His articles have been published by BBC News Online, The Economist, Reuters, The Sunday Telegraph (UK), The Sunday Times (South Africa), the Independent (South Africa) and the Scotsman.

He has written and presented several radio documentaries for BBC World Service Radio.