Martin leads the Invest Europe’s advocacy and guidance work on all professional standards and regulatory affairs, representing the interests of the association’s private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, and long-term investor members vis-à-vis the European institutions.
He joined in 2020 from Rud Pedersen Public Affairs where he was Managing Partner (Bruxelles) and Group Head of Financial Services.
Martin was lead negotiator on financial services and internal market files, with the title of Minister Counsellor, during the Danish presidency to the EU in 2012, responsible for process and agreements made on banking-, insurance and market regulations.
Prior to this, Martin was Director in the ministry of Economics and Business Affairs responsible fir International and EU-affairs including the Danish regulation and administration of Foreign Direct Investments.
Martin holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen, as well as post-graduate diplomas in Business Administration and in Dispute resolution. He was for a number of years been assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen and is currently external lecturer at Universite de Lille focusing on EU law and European institutions’ decision-making processes.
