Amo Mark is a legend in engineering in Papua New Guinea and a renowned leader in the water industry, both here and abroad.
He has served the nation for forty years, beginning as an engineering cadet in 1971, through to 2011. He has served the PNG Waterboard now Water PNG since its establishment in 1982. He witnessed the water authority undergo several name changes starting with the Water and Sanitation Board under the Department of Works, then The Waterboard to PNG Waterboard and recently Water PNG, under a new corporate structure that includes a new name, logo, slogan and management restructure.
Young Amo on Graduation Day
Mr Mark, who was Chief Operating Officer of Water PNG, has a long and extensive career in project engineering that began in 1975 when he graduated from the University of Technology, Lae with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
The young 24-year-old Milne Bay man was married two years earlier in 1973 to Monica Moimoi and so had a new family to take care off and his career to grow as well.
He didn’t hold back, joining the Department of Works in Alotau as a Graduate Engineer in 1975.
Two years later, he took his family and relocated to the cool highlands, to become project manager with the Department of Works in Goroka. This was 1975, the year PNG celebrated its Independence.
In 1980, he joined the private sector, becoming Assistant Resident Engineer with Binnie & Partners in Madang.
Two years later in 1982, Mr Mark became the Project Engineer for the National Water Supply & Sanitation Board in Port Moresby. He held this post until 1984 when left for a year to London under a on –the –job British Council Scholarship with Binnie and Partners and undertook part time studies at the both the West Minister College and Imperial College.
In 1985, he returned to be Senior Engineer for Water Board. Eventually he became District Manager for Lae in 1982, holding the position for almost seven years.
In 1989 he left Water Board to become Senior Engineer for Scott & Furphy Aust Consultants in Port Moresby. He was appointed the firm’s Resident Manager soon after until 1992.
Amo an International Conference
In 1992, Mr Mark returned to PNG Water Board taking up the position of Engineering Manager localising the position held by a non-citizen engineer and heading a professional team of mostly expatriate engineers. Following the restructure, he was appointed Executive Manger Technical Services, the position he occupied for eight years. In 1998, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director and Executive Manager Tech Services for the Water Board.
&Executive Manger Technical Services. He occupied this position for eight years. In 1998, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director and Executive Manager Tech Services for the PNG Water Board.
In 2006, Mr Mark was appointed Deputy Managing Director and Executive Manager Business Support.
He was in this position for four years until his appointment as interim COO of Water PNG in 2010, under the new corporate structure.
Amo Mark, SRC President, Addressing the Deans when he graduated from Unitech.. Seated also is the first Prime Minister of PNG, Grand Cheif Sir Michael Somare
Mr Mark has always been leader. He was Student Representative Council (SRC) President at Unitech in 1973.
Since leaving university those glorious days past, he has kept the passion for leadership alive by becoming an active member of the Institute of Engineers, PNG in 1982 and remains so until the present.
He has been a member of the IEPNG Council for a number of years, becoming Vice President IEPNG 1994 and President in 1995.
He has been a guiding light in the Institutes development programs for young graduates as well as the institutions’ development of a code of ethics and contributed actively to many constitutional reviews.
In 2011 he was recognised by Institute of Engineers and his peers for his contribution to the industry and Institute during his career.
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