Mark Hammond currently resides in Chichester, England.  

A visiting professor at Canterbury Christchurch University and a visiting Fellow at the University of Bath, Mark has an MA in history from Cambridge University and an honorary doctorate from Canterbury. He is currently a non-executive Board Director for the Crown Prosecution Service and for the General Pharmaceutical Council. Mark previously worked as Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission for 5 years and of West Sussex County Council for 6 years. He also served as a diplomat in the British Embassy, Washington, and helped to negotiate the Climate Change Convention.