Martin Doel, Chief Executive of Association of Colleges, took up post on 1 May 2008.  He is working alongside the AoC Board, President, staff and membership to champion and promote the work of Colleges, develop and promote an environment in which they can flourish and ensure Colleges are recognised as major contributors to the economic and social prosperity of the nation.

Martin was formerly Director of Training and Education at the Ministry of Defence, responsible for training and education policy and strategy across all three armed forces.  Key accountabilities in this post included cross-Government liaison and project management of a MoD £55 million e-learning system.  

Martin was previously been responsible at Board level for developing HR and training strategy for the Royal Air Force’s 45,000-strong workforce, and for delivering training in leadership and management to officers of all three UK services and to those from 47 other nations.  As a station commander he was responsible for merging three formerly separate bases and supporting over 6,000 personnel involved in logistics, flying training and operational support.  

Martin studied at Totton Grammar School and Sixth Form College (now Totton College - an AoC member), King Alfred’s College (now the University of Winchester) where he obtained a first class honours degree, and Kings College London - where he obtained his Masters Degree.

Martin Doel is participating in the Widening access to higher level skills session.