United Kingdom Leadership Training Expert
Area of Professional Expertise
Martins work with executives and teams in the coaching and leadership development arena is focused around three themes.
1 Helping clients improve their leadership effectiveness, culture and profitability.
2 Strengthening client’s relationships with their primary stakeholders.
3 Inspiring, igniting and impacting their skills, personal brand and reputation.
Qualification & Accreditations
Martin recently graduated from Cambridge University after successfully studying Coaching and Psychodynamics. To support this he also holds numerous leadership and coaching certifications including awards from the Institute of Directors, the European Coaching Foundation and the Institute of Leadership and Management.
Professional Experience
Martin has been leading and managing teams since the age of 20 at some of the world’s best-known organisations. He spent his early career with fast-food giant McDonald’s where he gained a degree in Hamburgerology and went on to become one of the Deans of the company’s prestigious operations and training department where he helped develop their award-winning leadership academy. Following this, he held several directorships with large multi-nationals predominantly in the hospitality and leisure industries including three years as CEO of a large national foodservice company. His last corporate position was as Commercial Director with Johnson Service Group PLC and Ftse 350 company where I was heavily involved in mergers and acquisitions.
For the last 12 years, he has run his professional coaching and training practice which offers leadership training in partnership with Crestcom International and the ILM via a 12-month level 5 programme. He also practises as an Executive, Team and Business coach and is an approved Growth Accelerator coach with Grant Thornton. Notable clients include Sony PlayStation, John West Foods, Thwaites and the NHS.
Featured Webinar
Finish Strong: How to Beat End-of-Year Burnout and Improve Employee Engagement
Featured Ebook

Adaptive Leadership: Navigating Constant Disruption in the Modern Workplace
Featured Resources
The Inner Journey of Leadership with Dan Rockwell
The Inner Journey of Leadership with Leadership Freak, Dan Rockwell In this episode of The Leadership Habit podcast, Jenn DeWall talks to the self-proclaimed “Leadership Freak,” Dan Rockwell, about the inner journey of leadership. Dan is the author of the highly...
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""We have actively implemented many of the Crestcom modules into our business with tremendous success. Martin and the Crestcom programme, has contributed greatly to our growth."" Read More
-Paul Sweeney , Chairman
ANS Group
""Martin has delivered and facilitated a variety of training and development programs to our global leadership team over several years with great success. Martin stands apart for a few reasons, the fact that he has lived and breathed Senior Leadership positions across a variety of sectors and therefore has true..." Read More
-Dave Parkinson , Director of Engineering
Sony Playstation
""We have implemented many of the techniques learn't from the Crestcom course very successfully into the business. One particular strategic initiative has helped us double our membership base."" Read More
-Caroline Domanski MBE , Chief Executive Officer
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