Martin Spires is now regarded as the most successful and experienced Sales, Customer Service and Presentation Skills Trainer in the entirety of the Pacific Region.

Martin Spires was a record-breaking Salesman from 1976 through to 1983 in the United Kingdom. Graduating from the University of Keele, UK in 1976, he went straight into the world of selling. After spending 1 year in Africa conducting voluntary work, he joined the "Daily Mail" as a Sales Executive. In 1979 Martin then joined the "Graduate Group" rising to become Sales Director by the age of 26 running a sales force of 40 personnel.

In 1983, Martin Spires came to Singapore as Training Director for "Asian Sales Training" (a division of the Institue of International Research) based in Singapore and then Jakarta.

In 1984 Sales Development Programs Pte Ltd was incorporated with Martin as its Managing Director. Within the first 2 weeks of business training programs were successfully implemented for companies such as Black & Decker and Van der Horst. Recently Martin has incorporated a sister company, Sales Development Programs Ltd, in Auckland, New Zealand.

From 1984 to the present the customer reference list of Martin Spires reads like the Fortune 500 of Asia/Pacific. The customer base covers New Zealand, Australia, SE Asia, Indian sub continent, Europe, USA, Japan and China. Martin Spires is now a global Corporate Trainer with an extensive customer base in Europe and the USA.