Martyn DAVIES biographical notes

Dr Martyn Davies is Vice President & Head, City Excellence at the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and also leads the organization’s Retail Sector.

He has over 20 years of business and strategy experience across major industries advising the C-Suite of multinationals and public sector clients. Prior to joining RCRC, he was a Partner at Deloitte (Managing Director of Emerging Markets & Africa) - the world's largest professional services company.

He has extensive experience across multiple industries including automotive, extractives, finance, FMCG, industrial, infrastructure, multilateral organizations, public sector and TMT. He has worked and lived in numerous regions across the globe including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

He was formerly Chief Economist 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. 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 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, South Africa. An accomplished academic, Martyn has published 28 articles/publications in accredited academic journals.