Martyn Pert arrived as Kieran McKenna’s Assistant Manager in December 2021 following a spell working as a coach for Manchester United.

Since his arrival at Portman Road Martyn and Kieran have guided the club to automatic promotion from League One in their first full campaign in charge before following it up with a historic promotion back into the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Prior to joining United, Martyn had worked at clubs in the Premier League and Championship including Watford, where he achieved promotion to the top flight in the 2005/06 season.

A four-year spell as Assistant Manager at MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps followed, before he completed the switch to Old Trafford in October 2019.