Mark has enjoyed a varied and extensive career. In his early 20's he set up his own business in the financial and investment sector, and subsequently sold a successful company that allowed him to pursue a long-held ambition to become an airline pilot, culminating in his promotion to Captain for a major UK charter airline on both Airbus & Boeing aircraft.Restless by nature and bored of the routine and night flights, he was then lured back into business again in 2000 and was then instrumental in setting up a number of successful aviation companies, before finally retiring in 2018, when he and his wife Paula relocated to Cornwall and took on the major property renovation of Trelaske Manor, which is now complete.Mark and his wife run a self-catering holiday cottage and also a small bed & breakfast business that has become very successful.Forever restless, he has now decided to embark on a completely new career as an author.