He also has extensive experience in building both undergraduate and postgraduate academic programmes. Beyond academia, Mark has contributed his advice to a number of governmental agencies and industry bodies in Singapore. In addition, he has been featured as a speaker and panelist at industry forums such as the Edelman Trust Barometer and PublicAffairsAsia. Mark received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He is also an alumnus of the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning (GLOCOLL) at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining academia, he worked for close to a decade as a corporate and marketing communication executive in Asia in both client and agency consulting roles.