Tim Martin OBE, the new CEO of SBA, The Solicitors’ Charity

Tim Martin became CEO at SBA the Solicitors’ Charity in December 2011 having completed a 36-year career in the Royal Navy during which he served at sea around the world as a logistics officer but also practised as a barrister and as a social worker. He has extensive experience in senior leadership positions and in policy formulation and was awarded the OBE for his work as Head of the Naval Personal and Family Service in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2006 and 2011. A trustee of the RN Benevolent Trust and of the Union Jack Club at Waterloo, Tim is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Chartered Management Institute.