Martin is a published author, analyst and facilitator. He has been a public servant, a Ministerial Chief of Staff and a consultant and advisor. He has held positions in the federal and NSW public sector and worked for Cisco’s innovation and strategy group for 12 years leading a practice across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
As well as his own consulting and advisory work, Martin has held advisory roles with Deloitte and PwC and chaired or been on the boards of think tanks, advisory groups and committees for state and federal governments, including the inaugural NSW AI Advisory Committee. He has also chaired or been a Board member on a range of civil society organisations including The Australian Centre for Social Innovation and the Centre for Policy Development.
Areas of focus include digital transformation, strategic thinking and planning for public sector organisations, management and leadership development, social care, cities and urban planning and learning and skills, including higher education.
He is part of the team supporting The Possibility Partnership exploring approaches to human services systemic change and is a Practice Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government for digital government strategy and leadership. In that role Martin co-directs the Deputies Leadership Program and convenes and leads a new program, Public Leadership for the Digital Age.