Mark is a Risk Services Executive Director of PwC Philippines. He brings more than 22 years of professional work experience, leading the cybersecurity and data privacy practice. He has extensive experience in the areas of Information System and Internal Auditing, Information and Cyber Security, IT Governance and Risk Management, Data Privacy and Business Continuity, in diverse industries.

As PwC’s Executive Director, Mark primarily focuses on readiness assessments covering the client’s IT, information security management, business continuity management and data privacy. In addition, he leads the delivery of various vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. He has a deep working knowledge on the ISO family of standards on 27001, for information security, ISO 29100 for privacy, ISO 22301 for business continuity, and ISO 42001, for AI management.

Prior to joining PwC, Mark served as a Senior Manager for Advisory Services of one of the Big 4 audit firms, and another Big 6 firm thereafter. He served as the Data Protection Officer and led the consulting engagements in Data Privacy compliance.

Mark is a Certified Public Accountant and both ISO/IEC 27701 Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) and ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) Master, and holds several certifications from ISACA, PECB, EXIN, CISCO and CompTIA among others.