Martin Walker

Martin Walker may refer to:

Martin Walker (football director)

Martin Walker is a former Director of Hull City football club.

He joined Hull City in June 2007 as part of a consortium with Paul Duffen and Russell Bartlett. They had made unsuccessful attempts to take over West Ham United and Cardiff City.

Bartlett and Walker jointly own the Fortis property company.

In a 2009 interview, Paul Duffen stated that Walker does not hold any shares in Hull City.

On 28 May 2010, he resigned from his position on the Hull City board.

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Martin Walker (actor)

Martin Walker (July 27, 1901–September 18, 1955) was a British film actor. Walker appeared in films for over thirty years from 1922 onwards, largely in supporting roles but occasionally as a lead such as in Help Yourself (1932). He also wrote and directed a short film Hide and Seek in 1922. Walker's final film appearance was The Belles of St. Trinian's in 1954.

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Martin Walker (reporter)

Martin Walker (born 1947) is the Senior Director of the Global Business Policy Council (GBPC) at the management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and author of the popular 'Bruno' detective series set in the Périgord region of France. He has been a part of the GBPC since 1997 and was appointed as the Senior Director on 25 January 2007.

Life

He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Balliol College, Oxford. Walker lives in Europe with his wife with whom he has two daughters.

He was on the staff of The Guardian newspaper from around 1971 working in a variety of positions including bureau chief in Moscow and the United States, European editor and assistant editor. One of the unsuccessful candidates for the editorship of The Guardian in 1995, when Alan Rusbridger was appointed in succession to Peter Preston, Walker resigned in 1999 after 28 years with the newspaper.

Walker joined UPI in 2000. While at UPI he was also an international correspondent. He is now Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of United Press International.