Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director

Martin Hellawell

Skills and experience

Martin was appointed as Gamma’s Chair on 1 July 2023. He joined Softcat plc in 2006 and held executive positions until 2018 as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, during which he led the Company through a highly successful IPO and its first two years as a PLC. He took on the role of Chair of Softcat in 2018 and stood down at the end of July 2023. Prior to Softcat, Martin spent thirteen years at Computacenter plc, where he was responsible for the marketing function, ran Computacenter’s French subsidiary and led acquisitions in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany.

Other roles

Martin is Chair of Raspberry Pi Trading Limited and Independent Non-Executive Chair of AIM listed musicMagpie plc.