Dr Martyn Davies is Executive Advisor at the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this position he leads the City Excellence Division and is Head of the Retail Sector at RCRC.

He has over 20 years of business and strategy experience across major industries advising the C-Suite of multinationals and public sector clients. He was formerly a Partner at Deloitte (MD of Emerging Markets & Africa) - the world's largest professional services company - occupying numerous roles across the firm. This included being the co-leader of Deloitte’s Global CEO Program on behalf of Deloitte Africa through which the Firm engages with the CEOs of its leading clients

He has extensive experience across multiple industries including auto, extractives, finance, FMCG, Government, industrial, infrastructure, multilateral organizations and tech & telecoms. He has worked and lived in numerous regions across the globe including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East

He was Managing Director Emerging Africa & Africa of Deloitte (Africa) as well as a member of the Deloitte Global Economists team active in advising the world’s largest multinationals on macroeconomic trends and interpreting what it means for their strategy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth–a highly eminent group of leading economists working on strategies toward inclusive growth and sustainability.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Martyn was a successful entrepreneur having founded Frontier Advisory, a strategy and corporate finance advisory firm that was acquired by Deloitte in September 2015.

He was appointed in 2021 as an Advisor to the President of Namibia, H.E Hage Geingob and as a member of the President’s 4IR Task Force Advisory Group advising on the adoption of technology to drive sustainability in the country’s resources / industrial structure and wider economy.

He is an alumnus of the Young Global Leaders Community of the World Economic Forum. He has served on numerous advisory groups at the WEF including the Global Agenda Council on China and as an expert adviser to the Mining & Metals Industry Group.

He is a Non-Executive Director of FutureElect, an NGO that trains young people for public service in Africa.

He is a Visiting Professor at IE Business School, Spain, recognized as one of the world’s leading business schools as well as a Professor of Practice in the College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg.

Martyn is an elite cyclist and has competed at international level representing his country at the UCI World Cycling Championships.