Martin is the Head of Trustee Services at the John Lewis Partnership and a member of their Investment Sub Committee. Prior to that he was the Director of Finance and Risk for the GSK UK Pension Schemes and Secretary to the Trustee for the GSK Common Investment Fund. He is a UK Chartered Accountant and a qualified member of the PMI and IEBA with a background in scheme management, audit and consultancy. He has worked on virtually every aspect of scheme management for UK, US and European schemes. He was a member of the PLSA Investment Council for 10 years during which time he was a Board Director and chaired the Investment Council for 2 years. He is currently a member of The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and the UK IPC as well as being involved in a number of industry initiatives.