Alkali Environmental Consultants
Paul Martin
Divisional Director — Stacks South
Divisional Director for Stacks South at Alkali with 22+ years' experience in MCERTS stack emissions monitoring, industrial emissions compliance and environmental reporting across regulated UK sectors.
About Paul
Paul is Divisional Director for Stacks South at Alkali Environmental Consultants, with more than 22 years' experience in MCERTS stack emissions monitoring, industrial emissions compliance and environmental reporting across a wide range of regulated sectors throughout the UK.
Holding an MSci in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham alongside full MCERTS qualifications, he combines strong scientific and technical expertise with extensive operational knowledge of industrial processes, emissions legislation and Environment Agency compliance requirements.
His specialism is MCERTS stack emissions testing and UKAS accredited emissions monitoring services, supporting operators with emissions to air permit compliance under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR). This includes the delivery, management and technical oversight of complex industrial emissions monitoring programmes, as well as advanced Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) support services including QAL2 and Annual Surveillance Tests (AST).
Over his career he has supported industrial operators across sectors including Energy from Waste, waste management, manufacturing, pharmaceutical production, food and beverage processing, quarrying, crematoria, foundry and casting operations, industrial coatings and solvent based processes. This breadth of sector experience underpins practical, technically robust compliance support tailored to individual site operations, permit conditions and process requirements.
Technical expertise spans a wide range of air emissions monitoring and environmental compliance disciplines, including industrial emissions testing, air quality assessment, odour assessment, dust monitoring and H1 stack height assessment support. He has extensive hands on experience operating advanced analytical instrumentation including Flame Ionisation Detectors (FID), Non Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) analysers, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) systems and paramagnetic analysers for the monitoring and quantification of regulated pollutants and combustion gases.
At Alkali he leads the Stacks South division across emissions monitoring operations, technical delivery and compliance focused client support, working closely with industrial operators, environmental managers and permit holders to deliver regulator ready emissions data and defensible technical reporting.
His focus is helping clients minimise compliance risk, improve operational understanding and maintain confidence in emissions performance through technically accurate monitoring, responsive project management and clear interpretation of monitoring results against regulatory requirements.
Under this leadership, Alkali's Stacks South division has developed a strong reputation for delivering high quality MCERTS and UKAS accredited emissions monitoring services with technical precision, operational reliability and a clear understanding of UK environmental compliance expectations.
