He has worked in senior global HR roles in Oil and Gas research and consulting, financial services and hospitality where he has supported organisational growth plans.  Martin holds an MA in Human Resource Management and is a corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 

Martin supports Glasgow University as an external HR advisor to the HR committee, a formal sub-committee of the University Court and is a member of CBI Scotland Management Practices & Innovation Working Group. This role supports business to improve their own productivity - looking at what businesses can do themselves to increase productivity, through utilising good management practices, creating an innovation culture and digital adoption, whilst assessing the barriers to implementation and considering the role of ‘fair work practices’ as drivers of workplace productivity and inclusive growth.