Marcus comes from West New Britain province in PNG and grew up in a large family in the small, remote village of Ulamona where he learned the values of strong work ethic and values associated with caring looking out for the family and community. 

These values contributed to Marcus going on to be the finest rugby league PNG export to the Australian National Rugby League. He was an inaugural player of the Melbourne Storm in 1998, with the Storm going on to win the Premiership in 1999. During the course of his 10-year career with the NRL, Marcus scored over 70 tries, locking in his legendary status at Storm and was hailed as a hero in PNG. 

Despite the ‘glory’ status of being a celebrated sportsman, the greatest love of Marcus’s life is family. He has not forgotten the needs of his people and the hardship faced by vulnerable communities in hard-to-reach places. It was the desire to make life better for those in rural/remote PNG that inspired his decision to support ADI as Ambassador. Marcus is passionate about the health of mothers and children in PNG, childhood immunisations, and supervised births for rural mothers. 

Early in 2024 Marcus joined the ADI team to celebrate the opening of the new ADI office building in Kimbe, West New Britain. ADI is very grateful for the time Marcus shares in supporting the work of ADI – spreading the word, discussing the need, nd creating new connections for ADI to develop the delivery of rural and remote health services. He is serving his community and his country to improve health services in PNG with the same passion and drive that have seen him succeed in so many areas of his life.