Martin Hudson

Martin has worked for more than 20 years in commercially and operationally focused finance roles and brings international experience in fast-moving high technology engineering and manufacturing sectors.

Martin became a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants while working at Ford of Europe in the UK and Germany.  He moved to an EMEA FP&A role at Gilbarco Veeder Root, a subsidiary of Danaher, and then to McLaren Automotive where he was responsible for the financial control of vehicle development programmes and operational set up at a time of significant investment.  Between 2012 and 2021, Martin held Finance Director roles at McLaren Electronic Systems, McLaren Applied Technologies and Williams Advanced Engineering, contributing to the growth of all three companies in their core areas of automotive and motorsport, as well as in adjacent markets.

As an early adopter of EV technology himself, Martin is passionate about continuing his involvement in the scale-up of electrification not just in the automotive sector, but also more widely. Martin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with German.