Professor Martin Samy works as head of academics Academy of Policy and Research (APR).

Prior to being an academic, Martin has had commercial experience as a financial manager of corporations in Singapore and Australia. He was an associate member of the Certified Practising Accountant, Australia, and member of the Australian College of Educators. He has been recognised in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World in 2007 publication for his research in establishing a Quality Effectiveness Instrument.

His current responsibility involves managing the academic delivery of PhD programmes at School of Accounting, Finance and Economics in Leeds Beckett University, UK. His teaching focusses on research philosophy and methods. His research interests are Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance research globally, where he has undertaken studies in Australia, UK, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria. School Improvement and Effectiveness research in schools in Australia and the UK, where he measured quantitatively the perceptions of effectiveness. Through the university, he offers a consultancy service to schools.