Martin is an Executive Coach and Psychotherapist who works with CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Senior Leaders, and Investment Professionals during critical moments in their careers. He supports leaders navigating periods of transition, complexity, and heightened responsibility, where the usual solutions are insufficient and the quality of judgment, relationships, and presence matters most.

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Drawing on board-level experience and over 20 years of leadership assessment, development, and coaching, Martin brings a rare combination of senior business experience and depth psychological training. He has worked with leaders across multiple industries and with financial institutions of every size, scale, and stage of development, coaching clients globally across Europe, the US, Asia, and Africa.

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Coaching Approach

Martin’s work is grounded in bilateral exploratory dialogue, where understanding emerges through shared reflection rather than instruction or performance pressure. Rather than applying techniques to drive behaviour change, he works collaboratively with clients to surface what is shaping their decisions, reactions, and leadership presence—often beneath conscious awareness.

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A central focus of the work is meaning-making: helping clients make sense of their current situation, the developmental demands they are facing, and the internal or relational patterns that may be constraining clarity and choice. Frameworks and models are used selectively as sense-making tools, not prescriptions—providing orientation and perspective without reducing the work to formulae or targets.

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Much of the change that follows is subtractive rather than additive. By reducing internal conflict, outdated assumptions, over-effort, and unnecessary pressure, leaders regain psychological capacity and agency. This enables clearer decision-making, more effective relationships, and change that is aligned, sustainable, and appropriate to the complexity of senior roles.

Martin typically works at two interconnected levels:

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• engaging with live leadership challenges at a practical, real-world level; and

• working psychologically with the underlying patterns of thinking, relating, and responding that shape those challenges.

The outcome is not short-term optimisation, but durable change that stands the test of time.

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Areas of Focus

Martin commonly works with clients in the following areas:

• Leadership presence and authority

• Leadership level and role transitions

• Critical relationships and conflict (including co-founders and co-heads)

• Stakeholder and relationship management

• Delegation, empowerment, and decision-making under pressure

• Emotional intelligence and self-awareness

• Managing conflict and strong emotions, including anger

• Imposter syndrome and confidence at senior levels

• Career transitions and complex decisions

• Stress, burnout, and capacity management

• Balancing professional and personal demands

 

Recent Assignments

• Coaching the Executive Vice Chairman of a large financial services company during a period of significant organisational and personal change.

• Coaching the Chief of Staff of a global asset management company as part of a role-transition.

• Coaching the Head of Underwriting Performance and Solutions at a globally renowned insurance organization as part of a top Executive Development Programme.

• Coaching the CEO of a FinTech business during a period of business growth and transformation. 

• Relationship Coaching for Co-Founders of a Marketing Agency

• Coaching the Chief Legal Officer at a fast-growing insurance company, including 360 feedback.

• Coaching the Managing Partner of a global wealth management firm in Switzerland.

• Relationship Coaching for the Co-Founders of FinTech business. 

• Coaching the Head of Technology Architecture at a quantitative research organisation as a follow-up to an Executive Development Programme.

• Coaching a Hedge Fund Manager at a global asset management business during a period of fund underperformance.

• Coaching the CEO and CTO of a large UK charitable organization during a period of significant expansion.

• Coaching the CTO of a large global financial services firm to provide coaching support during a merger and transformation process.

• Coaching the Co-Founders of a Marketing organization during a period of relational conflict and business transition.

• Coaching the Managing Director of M&A in the Singapore office of a global financial services organization to provide support during a promotion transition.  

• Coaching the Global Head of Credit Research of a large asset management firm.

 

Education, Coach Qualifications and Psychometrics:

Martin has a Bachelor of Arts, with additional formal training and accreditation in Business Coaching, Psychotherapy and Relationship Therapy, including:

• Meyler Campbell Business Coach Programme, accredited by the WABC

• Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis, accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

• Advanced Diploma in Relationship Therapy, accredited by COSRT and the National Council of Psychotherapists

• British Psychological Society, Qualified Specialist in Test Use, Ability and Personality

• Accreditation to use a wide range of psychometric tools, including: PROPHET (Predictive Role Profiling for High Performing Executive Teams); Hogan Assessments HDS, HPI, MVPI; Neo PI-R; MBTI; BeTalent Strengths, Decision Making Styles ; Realise2 Strengths Profile; VIA Character Strengths.

• Certificate in Groupwork - Gestalt Centre, and NCFE Advanced Award in Facilitation Skills

• CFA Investment Management Certificate

Martin is a:

• Member of the British Psychological Society and BPS Special Group in Coaching

• Registered Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP Accred)

• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)

 

Testimonials:

“I’ve always found Martin to be wise and insightful, quick to understand people and how complex organisational set-ups really work (or not!). He has been a real ally for me individually and in the way I think about my teams.”   CEO, Asset Management

 

“Martin is a highly skilled coach. Once our relationship was established, he really pushed me to explore my barriers and boundaries, increasing my self-awareness and confidence. During our sessions, I always felt challenged yet supported. Martin helped me gain new perspectives and develop new strategies for dealing with personal and professional challenges. I can thoroughly recommend him.”  Executive Director, British Heart Foundation

 

“Martin has been an essential element in my development as a leader.  My remit has grown substantially in recent years and Martin’s coaching and support was invaluable in helping me to adjust to this new context.  He is knowledgeable and professional, and he also brings a good dose of humour and perspective in his approach, which I really appreciate when I’m trying to step outside of my current way of thinking.” CEO, Infrastructure Private Equity

 

“Martin is an insightful coach with huge integrity and experience. My coaching programme began at a time when I needed help to work out how to deal with a number of commercial and personal challenges. Martin's unique combination of a business and psychological background meant that I felt I could trust him to understand where I was coming from. At each session, we addressed different challenges and through Martin’s exceptional coaching skills we were able to get the nub of the problem quickly and identify options and solutions. I always came away amazed at what we could achieve in just one session. He helped me to become more self-aware and confident in my intuition and decision making which helped me in my business and personal life. He also helped me to detach from certain issues and gain better perspective which allowed me to become freer in my thinking and emotions.”

UK Board Director, Technology

 

“Martin’s coaching approach consistently helps me to get to the heart of any challenge I’m working through. He provides insight, and sometimes advice when appropriate, helping me recognise my patterns of behaviour, whether they are helpful or less so, and understanding how these might be impacting a situation. Martin regularly brings me back to my core values when I’m making decisions: all this means after a session Martin I feel clearer on the issue at hand and confident in my next steps.” CRO, FTSE 100

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Next Steps

If you are interested in my services for yourself or your employees, please email me at martin@citypsychepartners.com​