With a long and distinguished background in the Australian Parliament, Professor Martin represented the Macarthur and Cunningham electorates in New South Wales for eighteen years. In Government, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration. As a member of the Shadow Cabinet, he held portfolios in Defence, Trade and Tourism.
After leaving parliament, Professor Martin has served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Strategy and Planning) at Curtin University in Perth, also as the Pro Vice-Chancellor International for the Victoria University in Melbourne, the Chief Executive Officer & President of the University of Wollongong in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and as a Professorial Fellow and Director of Corporate and Executive Education, Graduate School of Business and Professional Development at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
