About.

During his 30-year career, Mark Elvin has developed extensive skills across a wide range of areas from understanding and improving business practices to developing and delivering tailored training programs and effective facilitation. ​

Skills & experience. 

Education & qualifications.

Mark established his own consultancy in 2022, applying his expertise to projects requiring effective facilitation, specialist training and business problem-solving and improvement.

Previously, he worked with the AFP for 31 years, gaining extensive experience and skills in the following areas:

• Investigation standards and practice – developing initiatives such as practice standards, investigations manual and technical investigations management solution (as Senior User).
• Investigation specialist training – developing and delivering programs against the priorities set by the AFP Board of Studies, including a Criminal Investigation Workshop and 3-stage Detective Training Program. 
• Advice, counter terrorism and national security – providing strategic and policy advice, briefing and supporting multi-agency and cross-government forums.
• Recruit training – responsible for training of 120 recruits for national operations over a 14-month period, including program content and course management. 
• Counter terrorism – investigating terrorism offences against Australia and overseas. 
• Territory investigations – investigating significant drug, fraud and major crimes, including homicide.  
• Criminal investigations – investigating offences such as armed robbery, serious assault, minor fraud, burglary and major theft.
• General duties – patrol work, investigating offences, collecting evidence, conducting interviews, submitting briefs, giving evidence
  ​in court.

• Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, UC
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training 
• Post Graduate Diploma in Transnational Crime, UOW
• Management of Serious Crime, AFP
• Counter Terrorism Workshop, AFP
• AUSTRAC training 
• ​Management of Major Investigations, AFP
• Core Investigators Course, AFP
• Law and Practices Course, AFP
• Recruit Training, AFP

Awards & commendations. 

• Australian Police Medal (APM) – for services to investigations
• Australia Day Achievement Medallion – for development and delivery of a Criminal Investigation Workshop and Detective Training Program
• National Police Service Medal
• National Medal
• Commissioner's Commendation for Conspicuous Conduct 
• Commissioner's Group Citation for Conspicuous Conduct
• AFP Emergency Medal
• ACT Community Policing Medal
• AFP Service Medal