
Martyn leads the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government which he set up in October 2016 to look at creating, delivering, and accelerating innovative digital products or services to help Scottish Councils with the challenge of balancing their budgets whilst still delivering critical front-line services.
Martyn is also the Senior Responsible Officer for the Analogue to Digital Telecare Switchover programme which he works in partnership with Technology Enabled Care, Scottish Government and Health & Care colleagues to Deliver. He has been chairperson for the Scottish Government’s Digital Identity Programme since 2021 and joined the board of The DataLab in 2023, which a world leading Data and AI innovation centre based in Edinburgh.
Martyn has been named on the CIOUK100 for the past seven years and in 2023 reached number 12 on the list whilst also receiving the industry award for Public Sector and in 2024 sits at number 7.
Before joining the Digital Office and indeed Public Sector, Martyn’s career has been in the tech sector working with Private & Public Sector clients to understand and innovate with new Digital technology for over 20 Years. He has worked for companies including Capita Secure Digital Solutions, Telefonica O2UK, BlackBerry, Computacenter, and Compaq plus been a board advisor to some start-ups.
More information about Martyn and his teams current work can be found at the following.
www.digitaloffice.scot
Office Twitter: @DigitalOfficelg
Martyn’s Twitter: @Digital_MW