Martin joined Companies House in 2019 having spent 26 years working for the Welsh Government, most recently working on criminal justice and community safety. Martin led the Policy, Strategy and External Communications functions at CH for 4 years, leading the agency’s contribution to the development of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

Martin now leads the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Engagement Directorate, implementing the creation of a new Intelligence Hub, developing a new approach to compliance and enforcement and leading on the implementation of the Register of Overseas Entities. Martin represents CH on a number of cross government groups on economic crime, illicit finance, sanctions, money laundering and fraud.