Sarah Martin is a Programme Director and Leadership Coach at Saïd Business School. Ms Martin originally trained as a lawyer. She worked in M&A with Allen & Overy and was senior counsel in the chairman’s office of BP PLC. She has over 20 years of business, legal and corporate governance practice at board level, combined with advanced training and experience as a business coach.

Ms Martin is also a founding partner in CoombsMartin, an executive coaching consultancy in London. She has been coaching professionals and executives since 2007. Her focus is on leadership in professional services firms. She is author of “Creating Effective Relationships in Law Firms” and “Effective Decision-Making in Law Firms.”