Aoife Martin

Aoife Martin has a wide range of experience in various industries. Aoife is currently the Director of Operations at Seafish since August 2017. Prior to that, they worked at NatureScot as the Deputy Chair starting in March 2022 and as a Board Member from April 2016 to January 2023. In 2020, they became a Non Executive Board Member at Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. Before these roles, Aoife held positions at Companies House as the Registrar of Scotland from August 2015 to July 2017, at the Ministry for Primary Industries as the Director Spatial, Forestry and Land Management from December 2011 to August 2015, and at the Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand as the Fisheries Manager - Deepwater from May 2004 to December 2011. Aoife'scareer began at Seafish as an Economist in 2001.

Aoife Martin attended Trinity College Dublin from 1989 to 1993, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree (BA (mod)) in Geography & Medieval History. Aoife then enrolled at Bangor University from 1993 to 1994, focusing on Archive Administration. Aoife furthered their education at The University of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2003, where they earned a Master's in Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Business Administration.