Martin Hottass

Martin Hottass joined City & Guilds Group as Managing Director for Technical Training in October 2018 to grow City & Guilds’ presence in the technical training sector. The Group’s Technical Training division comprises of Gen2 and Intertrain.

He is responsible for expanding City & Guilds’ position as a high-quality training provider of STEM skills and a leading training provider in the nuclear and infrastructure sector, operating across the UK and internationally.

Prior to taking up his current position Martin had been working for Siemens plc since 2006 and was responsible for the skills agenda at Siemens in the UK and the company’s apprenticeship provision in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

He also represented Siemens on the Apprenticeship Advisory Board at the Department for Education and served on a number of steering boards including the National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) and the Energy Efficiency Industrial Partnership.

Martin was appointed to the Route Panel for Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering at the Institute for Apprenticeships in 2017 and worked as an expert advisor on it until September 2018.

In February 2012, Martin became an Apprenticeship Ambassador. He joined the Board of GTA England (Group Training Associations England) in 2016.