Martin’s experience crosses industrialised and developing countries and has involved research and consultancy for a large range of funders, including the European Commission, Rowntree and Nuffield Foundations, The World Bank and UNDP.

Prior to joining ODI, Martin worked in UNICEF HQ as poverty specialist. His long term experience in applied social research on poverty and social protection was based in the Universities of Oxford and Bath, and at the London School of Economics, from where he obtained his MSc and PhD.