Martin Kinnear Haese (born 22 October 1965) was the Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide in South Australia from 2014 to 2018.
[5] He has served on various boards including the Adelaide Convention Bureau and South Australian Youth Arts Board, and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Australian Institute of Business.
[8] Haese was elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide in November 2014, defeating incumbent Stephen Yarwood by 218 votes.
[9] As Lord Mayor, he led a partnership with TPG Telecom to roll out a 10 Gigabit ultra-fast fibre optic data network across the City of Adelaide and a number of investment partnerships with the Government of South Australia into improved laneways,[10] tramways[11] and bikeways projects.
[16] Haese is married to Genevieve Theseira-Haese, a Singaporean born marketing and communications entrepreneur.