Martin is the Managing Director of the Birmingham Office of CBRE, global property consultants, and is also responsible for leading the wider Midlands & South region (including the Bristol & Southampton teams) of some 200 staff across 11 different business lines. Martin is a Chartered Surveyor who has worked in Birmingham and the Midlands for over 30 years and has worked on some of Birmingham’s most significant projects including Paradise, Snowhill, and Arena Central. He is a Midlands committee member of the Urban Land Institute, was the founding Chairman of the Birmingham Office Market Forum and has also chaired the Office Agents Society. Martin joined the Theatre Trust in Dec 2015; he joined the Development Board in 2011, becoming its Chair in 2015.