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Martin is our Chief Financial Officer, having joined Taylor Wessing in 2019 from CBRE.

Martin has delivered material business improvements for some of the world’s leading professional services firms. He has taken the lead on a wide range of programmes including finance system upgrade and replacement, M&A, business turnarounds, client management programmes, IT infrastructure upgrades, premises refurbishments, culture change, leadership programmes, legal mediations and tech innovation incubators.

Martin is a member of our UK Executive Board and chair of the Operations Board - overseeing all business services change and infrastructure upgrade programmes.

 

CV

Since 2025 Chief Financial Officer, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2025 Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Taylor Wessing
Since 2018 Chairman, Customer Advisory Board, Radius Data Exchange
2018 - 2019 Business Strategy Consultant, Martin Lewis Consulting
2009 - 2017 Chief Operating Officer, CBRE
2009 - 2009 Chief Operating Officer, EPi
2000 - 2009 Director of Strategy and Business Management, Linklaters
1985 - 1988 ACCA, Accounting (Chartered Accountant), ICAEW
1981 - 1984 BA Hons, Accounting and Computer Science, University of Kent

Career

Since 2025 Chief Financial Officer, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2025 Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Taylor Wessing
Since 2018 Chairman, Customer Advisory Board, Radius Data Exchange
2018 - 2019 Business Strategy Consultant, Martin Lewis Consulting
2009 - 2017 Chief Operating Officer, CBRE
2009 - 2009 Chief Operating Officer, EPi
2000 - 2009 Director of Strategy and Business Management, Linklaters

Education

1985 - 1988 ACCA, Accounting (Chartered Accountant), ICAEW
1981 - 1984 BA Hons, Accounting and Computer Science, University of Kent

Memberships & Associations

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

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