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Mark Ford was born in Bromley and educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford, where he studied the organ with the international recitalist David Sanger. He continued his academic and musical studies at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he held an Organ Scholarship and read law. Whilst at Cambridge, Mark directed the Chapel Choir (whom he accompanied on tours to Bavaria and Ireland), as well as the college Choir and Orchestra.

He founded The Purcell Singers in 1994 and has directed them in concerts of wide-ranging music from the 15th century to the present day. With the choir he has also made a number of CD recordings, including a disc of Christmas carols for KPM, which he co-arranged and on which he also plays the organ.

By profession, Mark is a solicitor and works in the information technology field at a leading international practice in the City of London. He is co-editor of a major work on data protection law, Data Protection Laws of the World, five chapters of which he also co-authored, and is the author of Data Protection and Employment, published in 2001 by the Industrial Society. He is also a pioneer in the development of online legal services.