Martin Woolhead is Deputy Director for Water Sector Delivery at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Previously, Martin was Deputy Director for Transformation, leading organisational change in the Department, and prior to that Deputy Director for Food for the Vulnerable. In this role Martin lead the programme that delivered 4.8 million food parcels to the most vulnerable in society, shielding due to their increased risk relating to Covid-19.

Martin joined Defra in 2012 and has worked in roles spanning private office, international trade, negotiation (international and commercial), large-scale procurement and contract management, crisis management and contingency planning, legislation and Parliamentary handling, and policy development across the Defra brief.