He previously worked at Standard Chartered in the European Corporate Banking team where he was responsible for global relationships with large multi-national corporate clients in the Consumer and Retail space. Prior to that, he worked in the Special Resolution Unit (SRU) at the Bank of England and in the UK M&A team at Citigroup.

Matt holds an MA (Hons) from both the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and the University of Edinburgh.