Martin Jones

Martin has spent over ten years working in the fields of Knowledge Competitiveness, R&D and Education and Training. He has a proven track record in economic and regional development and has led on a wide range of research and evaluation projects at a national and international level. Prior to becoming a partner with Arad Martin worked as Principal Consultant with Robert Huggins Associates in Cardiff and as an independent consultant in Brussels on a range of European Union R&D and Innovation projects.

His recent portfolio of projects includes directing an international impact study of Visual Arts Initiatives for the Arts Council of Wales and leading on an evaluation of the Modern Foreign Language Key Stage 2 Pilot Project for the Welsh Assembly Government. He has also managed a trans-national study relating to Knowledge Intensive Business Sectors for the European Monitoring Centre for Change and an evaluation of Widening Access activities for HEFCW. He has also worked on the production of a European Competitiveness Index and a comparative study of EU regional innovation policies in partnership with the University of Valencia.

Martin started his career working for two years in DG Education and Culture of the European Commission in Brussels as part of the core team on the Arts, Education and Training Initiative. He spent a further 2 years in Brussels as an independent consultant where he managed two SOCRATES lifelong learning projects and a LEONARDO training project. He also spent three years as a consultant with EUCLID International working in Wales and Brussels for institutions such as the European Commission and the Welsh Assembly Government on a variety of higher education, R&D and cultural projects. He speaks very good French and Spanish.