Mark founded Smallacombe Sanderson with David Smallacombe in 1988 and has been the Managing Director for its 23 years. Prior to this, he held a senior position in the banking industry in corporate money market. Mark is a passionate auctioneer, having conducted thousands of auctions during his career and when dealing with him you are assured the highest quality of personal service. His partnership with David has lead them to be one of the longest serving real estate partnerships in the state. Mark’s business philosophy is always do the right thing and follow legislation to the letter of the law’. He and his team form a formidable alliance. A number of his staff have served up to 20 years at the company, creating a very competent, stable and experienced group which is one of Mark’s proudest achievements to date. Individually, Mark has accomplished numerous awards, his most rewarding being a recipient of the Sir Robert Torrens Award in 2011 and in 2012 receiving the President’s Award from the Real Estate Institute of Australia, as well as State Finalist in the Golden Gavel awards and Eastern suburbs zone winner. He has been a member of the Real Estate Institute of South Australia’s board since 2002 and was President from 2005-2007. Mark is also a past Director of the Real Estate Institute of Australia, a time during which he introduced a new Code of Conduct for all real estate practitioners which delivers benchmarks for service and integrity. Mark and his team are proud to be heavily involved in community service activities including supporting the homeless through the Common Ground Organisation, sponsoring a series of worthy causes in SA. Outside of the business, Mark enjoys travelling with his wife Miranda and fishing and boating with his sons.
