R. Mark Evans OBE

Mark was the first Director of National Intelligence for NZ Police (2009). In 2014 he was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, in 2018 as Deputy Chief Executive Service Delivery, and, after a secondment to the NZ Govt COVID operational response centre, in October 2020 moved into the role of Deputy Chief Executive Insights and Deployment. He is now contracted part-time to NZ Police as Executive Lead: Future Policing.

Mark was the executive intelligence lead for the NZP response to the 15th March terrorist attack in Christchurch, and is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Intelligence Professionals (NZIIP).

In July 2022 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University, Virginia, in recognition of his leadership in embedding evidence-based policing in New Zealand Police.

Before moving to New Zealand in 2007, Mark was Director of Analytical Services for the Police Service of Northern Ireland where he earned his Royal Honour for services to policing.

Mark is a frequent contributor to international intelligence teaching and training, and is engaged in a range of consulting, advisory and research projects both in NZ and globally.