Martin Doel OBE
The Association of Colleges exists to represent and promote the
interests of colleges, both by building relationships with partner
organisations and by feeding into government policy, as well as to
provide members with professional support.
Chief Executive
After many years' service in the RAF, Air Commodore Martin Doel
OBE was appointed Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges in
February 2008 and took up the post on 1 May 2008. He is now working
alongside the AOC Board, President, staff and membership to
champion and promote the work of colleges, to develop and promote
an environment in which they can flourish and to ensure Colleges
are recognised as major contributors to the economic and social
prosperity of the nation.
In the RAF, Martin was responsible for training and development
for all three of the Armed Forces and for civilian staff across the
Ministry of Defence. Key accountabilities in this post included
cross-Government liaison and project management of an MOD
£55million e-learning system.