Martha is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. She currently sits on multiple boards - British Airways, Chanel, and Multiverse. She is president of the British Chambers of Commerce and chancellor of the Open University. Previously, she was a director of Twitter, Channel 4 and Marks and Spencer. Martha was digital champion for the UK from 2009 to 2014 and set up the government digital service and gov.uk. In 1998, she co-founded lastminute.com, going public in 2000 and selling in 2005.