Martin is an experienced leader of large multi-channel businesses in the leisure and retail sectors, including Virgin Active Health Clubs, Camelot Lotteries, Rank Group plc and Safeway Stores plc. He has held Chair, Non-Executive Director, CEO and Managing Director positions on company boards and industry bodies. He is currently Chair of the Board of Governors at University of Staffordshire and a trustee of Mosaik Education, an NGO that helps refugees gain access to university. Martin recently earned a PhD in History from King’s College London, where he researched the international dimensions of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution and taught Global History.