R. Mark Evans OBE
Vice President, Australia New Zealand Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ANZSEBP)
- Chief Executive Officer, RMEInsights
- Honorary Professor, University College London
- Visiting Senior Fellow, Australian Institute of Police Management
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. In December 2024 he completed 40 years in the public sector 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.
Mark is an Honorary Professor at University College London where he teaches annually on a Master’s program in the Department of Security and Crime Science. He is also a Senior Associate Fellow at the Police Foundation (UK) and a Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (F.ISRM.s).
A frequent contributor to international teaching and training, Mark now provides advisory and consulting services to a range of government, policing, technology and public safety organisations in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and further afield.
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.