About Martin

Martin began his career as an apprentice with British Coal. The 14 years Martin worked in mining, as an Electrical Engineer, took him from Student Apprentice through to Chartered Engineer.

In 1994 Martin took up the position as Technical Director at the family engineering business, Lindhurst Engineering (based in Sutton in Ashfield), becoming Managing Director in 1999, a position he still holds. Lindhurst Engineering has a reputation of providing innovative engineering support to a range of industries, providing bespoke solutions to customers challenges.

Martin has held or currently holds a number of Non-Executive Directorships and positions as Chair in limited companies, LEP sub boards and organisations working in the field of economic development. He is an Alumni Fellow of Nottingham Trent University and Help To Grow Mentor for both Nottingham Trent University and the University of Derby.

In 2016 Martin was awarded an MBE for services to Business & Innovation and now presents and comments regularly on innovation, leadership, skills and people development at Universities and trade organisations. In the same year he won the SEMTA (Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Technologies Alliance) national skills champion for that year. In 2020 Martin made the Top 100 list in The Manufacturer magazine. 

My achievements and qualifications

• MBE
• Bsc(Hons)
• C.Eng
• PGDip

What I love to do in my spare time

"In my spare time I like to spend time with my family and our sausage dog Henry. I love to cook and am an avid watcher of cookery programmes"