Colonel Martyn Forgrave (Retd) served as a senior officer in the British Army. His career spanned 39 years. The latter part of his career was spent working with the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office and at the Ministry of Defence’s Leadership Centre where he was Chair of the Defence Leadership Network for 4 years. He has delivered UK Defence’s Strategic Leadership (Export) programme in 25 countries and most recently, has been responsible for strategic leader development in the UK’s defence and security sector. He has also delivered training to a senior leader cohort from a FTSE-100 company, and within the charity sector.

He was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for operational service in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) deployment and an OBE for defence diplomacy and delivering education internationally. He was awarded a PhD in 2022. His research focusses on cross-cultural leadership and strategic leadership.

Martyn combines academic rigour with operational insights and practical delivery. He is the Director and Founder of Loedan Leadership Ltd, providing leader development training to senior leadership and management.