An engineer’s instinct
I studied Computing at the University of Salford and began my career in telecommunications. It gave me an enduring instinct to understand how systems work, not just what they promise.
About Martyn
A life shaped by people, systems and responsibility.
I did not set out to build a career that connected recruitment, artificial intelligence and politics. Looking back, the common thread is clear: understanding how consequential decisions get made and helping make them better.
In brief
Husband. Father of two. Proudly Jewish. Technology specialist. Recruitment practitioner. Writer. Speaker. Approved parliamentary candidate.
My working life began with technology, but it was recruitment that taught me about people, opportunity and institutions.
I have worked across almost every side of the employment ecosystem: agency recruitment, internal teams, public-sector workforce solutions, HR technology, product, consulting and AI governance. That breadth matters. It means I understand both the ambition behind a new idea and the operational reality it meets.
I have also spent years translating technical and regulatory questions for people who need to make decisions, from recruiters and founders to executives and policymakers. Clear explanation is not a cosmetic skill. It is part of good leadership.
01 / Five chapters
How I got here
The roles changed. The habit of looking beneath the surface did not.
Twenty years inside employment
Recruitment became my lens on organisations. Across agency, in-house, workforce solutions, operations, sales and technology, I saw how decisions are made under pressure and how they affect real lives.
AI before the current wave
Since 2017, I have worked with conversational AI, automation and emerging technology in recruitment. That practical experience came before generative AI became a boardroom priority.
From innovation to assurance
Today, as Head of Responsible AI and Industry Engagement at Warden AI, I focus on the evidence behind AI hiring systems: whether they are fair, reliable, accountable and worthy of trust.
A route into public service
In 2026, I passed the Conservative Party’s parliamentary candidate selection process and joined its national list of approved candidates. It is the next chapter of a career spent asking how important systems can serve people better.
02 / What grounds me
Identity is not a footnote.
I am based in the UK with my wife and our two daughters. Family is the clearest reminder that public choices outlast the news cycle. They shape what the next generation inherits.
My Jewish identity matters deeply to me. It informs my sense of community, continuity and the responsibility to challenge antisemitism. It also reinforces a wider belief that people should be able to live openly and safely as who they are.
I am active in St Albans through the local Conservative association and care about the everyday institutions that make a place work: families, schools, employers, voluntary groups and the people who quietly hold communities together.
03 / Principles
Take the work seriously
Public confidence is earned through preparation, candour and follow-through.
Ask what happens in practice
A policy, product or process should be judged by its real effects, not the quality of its presentation.
Keep people visible
Scale and efficiency matter, but neither should make the people affected by a decision disappear.