Mark graduated with a Ph.D from Queen’s University Canada in 1993, and since then Mark has had academic appointments at the University of Toronto, the University of New South Wales, and Melbourne University. In 2011 Mark moved to Singapore to take up the role of Dean at the S P Jain School of Global Management, before returning to Melbourne Business School in 2013. Mark’s academic interests are in international macroeconomics, with particular interest in policy issues in the Australian and Asian regions. His published research has covered topics such as the role of exchange rates in affecting macroeconomic fluctuations, and the properties of business cycles.