Career
Educated at Berkhamsted School, Mark Mans was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1974. During the Gulf War he was Officer Commanding 37 Field Support Squadron. He was later deployed in Bosnia.
He served as Deputy Adjutant General, taking up that appointment in 2006, before becoming Military Secretary in March 2008.
In September 2009 he was appointed Commander of Regional Forces at Land Command. Then in December 2009 he was made Adjutant-General to the Forces with responsibility for both personnel and support.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in the 2012 New Year Honours. Mans was appointed the Chief Royal Engineer on 14 September 2013.