Dr. David Martin

Founder of the leading organisation M-Cam, Dr David Martin PhD is a mathematician and professor of innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance.

Of his many career achievements, Martin founded M-Cam in 1998, has since served as its CEO and chairman. The creator of the CNBC IQ100, it is now published by The Conference Board as the leading economic indicators of U.S. and Global Innovation. Alongside this, Martin is the developer of innovation-based quantitative indices of public equities. He is also the founder of Purple Bridge Funds and manages the innovation Alpha ETFs. Taking on the worlds most complex social and economic themes, Martin advises organisations including central banks and national governments in over 160 countries. His work helps to rebuild the lives of environmentally devastated communities and those that are post-conflict. As the architect of the public equity quantitative market index, the first of its kind in the world, based on human innovation, Martin is now a leading spokesperson for quality reform, global financial and intangible asset accountability.

Writing extensively on subjects including finance, engineering, education, medicine and law, Martin is the author of his novel Coup D’Twelve: The Enterprise that Bought the Presidency, soon to be considered for theatrical release. A sought-after keynote speaker, Martin is well-known for his 2006 televised speech, during which he correctly forecast both the global financial crisis and the US housing crisis. Martin is also a Batten Fellow for the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.