{"id":8185,"date":"2022-09-01T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=8185"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:33:35","slug":"mark-turner","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/mark-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8185\" class=\"elementor elementor-8185\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-460c7617 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"45503\" data-id=\"460c7617\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23d025c4\" data-eae-slider=\"26359\" data-id=\"23d025c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae56710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ae56710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After completing&nbsp;his degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of&nbsp;Sheffield, Mark worked as a Project Engineer at one of the UK&#8217;s leading engineering investigation companies. 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