Mark Thrasher graduated in 1985 and then trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, before qualifing in 1990. Mark worked as an accountant with Congleton Borough Council for six years before joining Dane Housing where he was the Financial Controller at the time of transfer in 1998. Mark then went on to work for Chester and District Housing Trust as Assistant Director of Resources before moving to Wulvern three months before the transfer, in November 2002.