Principal Consultant
Martin is a highly experienced learning and development leader, facilitator, and coach with over 20 years’ experience working with partnerships. His work focuses on leadership and organisational development, and works at all levels of professional service firms.
Martin is a senior L&D leader with extensive technical and market knowledge gained in the UK and Asia. He has driven global and regional talent initiatives that have contributed to the organisational client and people strategies; developed top talent; supported organisational transformation and culture change.
Prior to becoming a consultant and executive coach, Martin was the Global Head of Learning and Development for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for over six years, and was the Asia regional Head of Learning and Organisational Development for another six.
During his time there, he designed and implemented a firmwide suite of leadership training, led the training component of a firmwide culture transformation programme, led workshops on partner collaboration for better business outcomes, and created and delivered Asia high-potential leadership programmes to support succession planning.
Martin aspires to make organisations more engaging places to work and has worked with leadership and management teams on organisational development and culture change, with the aim of improving collaboration, engagement, and enhancing conversations between colleagues at all levels of a firm.
He designs and delivers business and management programmes for individuals at all stages of their careers, and understands what it takes to be successful in a highly demanding client-focused environment.