Martin Hall has previously held the positions of Dean of Higher Education Development and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town (South Africa), and Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford Manchester (United Kingdom). While in the United Kingdom, he chaired the board of Jisc, which provides digital solutions to the British Higher Education sector. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Life Fellow of the University of Cape Town and past-President of the World Archaeological Congress. His current focus is on online schooling, as strategic advisor to the University of Cape Town Online High School, and secure digital credentialing, as Non-Executive Director of Advanced Secure Technologies Ltd. He teaches for the Executive Education Programme and the Masters in Inclusive Innovation at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business.