After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London in 1995, Martyn spent the next 12 years working for the NHS Business Services Authority as a Business Analyst and Senior Service Improvement Manager. From there he moved to West Midlands Strategic Health Authority as their Performance Manager, before joining the Fresh Smoke Free North East team as Performance Improvement Delivery Manager in August 2008. Martyn`s primary focus within Fresh is working with NHS Stop Smoking Services to ensure continued delivery of excellent support to the North East population. He also currently chairs the North East Network of Tobacco Control Alliance leads on a quarterly basis