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Mark Wheeler was born 10th January 1964 at Bury St Edmunds, England, Great Britain, graduated from Glyndŵr University with a National Diploma in Technology Engineering, Professional Engineering Practice Certificate from Leeds University and Master in Management Science from Sheffield Hallam University.

Diving Career
Mark embarked on a Subsea Offshore Diving career whilst a reservist with the Royal Welch Fusiliers at Hightown Barracks, Wrexham. He trained at Fort William, Fort Bovisand and Sandnes Norway, qualifying as a North Sea Saturation Diver, mentored by former HMS Edinburgh and Uncle John saturation diving personnel.

He subsequently undertook worldwide subsea operations, covering NDT inspection to construction with offshore contractors Oceaneering, Comex and then Rockwater  now known as Subsea 7 throughout North Sea, West Africa, Middle East, and Far East for major Oil and Gas companies such as Shell, Total S. A. and Statoil.

MW Group
In 1991 Mark started MW Group (Measurement Worldwide Group) to offer ensure that divers like himself could have properly calibrated equipment. He later expanded the calibration services to the offshore industry at large. MW Group's services were recognised by the US Department of Navy under NAVSEA, [Civil_Aviation_Authority_of_Singapore|Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore]] (CAAS) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Mark Wheeler's entrepreneurial abilities were recognised by HRH Prince Andrew for Defence Awards, British Chamber of Commerce Winning the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Awards and nominated Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year.

Honours and awards

 * 2002 nominated for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
 * 2002 finalist in British Chamber of Commerce's SME Awards
 * 2003 winner British Chamber of Commerce's SME Awards

Featured in

 * Channel News Asia. The Business Nanny, 2008