Mark Bezzina, Managing Director & CEO
Professional Profile
Mark Bezzina is the founder and Managing Director of Agilient Security Consulting, one of Australia’s leading independent security consulting firms. With more than 25 years of experience and over 250 completed security projects, Mark brings unmatched depth across security risk assessment, protective security, physical security, security governance, crisis management, and business continuity management (BCM).
Mark holds an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney. He has a Certificate IV in Security Risk Management. He is a trained auditor and assessor and holds Consultant and Security Master Licences across all Australian jurisdictions.
As the former Executive Director of Standards Australia, Mark led the development of all Australian Standards in risk, security, emergency management, crisis management, and BCM, many of which are now considered best practice globally. He also chaired the Commonwealth Department of Health’s Informatics Committee and served on the ISO/IEC/ITU Strategic Advisory Group on Security.
Mark has conducted critical infrastructure reviews for the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and led a security needs assessment across all 21 APEC member economies. He founded the National Centre for Security Standards and served as past Chair of the Biometrics Institute.
His client portfolio spans federal and state government, defence, intelligence agencies, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and corporate sectors, including the Department of Defence, The Australian Security Vetting Agency, Australian Electoral Commission, numerous sporting and convention facilities, the Department of Immigration, the Sydney Opera House, the Australian Taxation Office, the Bureau of Meteorology, over 30 Hospitals and health facilities, 50 pharmaceutical related entities, Deakin University, Equinix, Global Switch and Services Australia.
Qualifications
| • MBA, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
• Bachelor of Business (Management & Information Science), UTS • Cert IV Security Risk Management |
• Trained Auditor and Assessor
• Consultant and Security Master Licences — All States |
Professional Memberships & Affiliations
| • ASIS International
• Risk Management Institution of Australia (RMIA) • Institute of Company Directors |
• Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)
• AI Group Defence Council • Australian Industry and Defence Network |