Bio

Matt is the Impact Analytics Lead at Founders Pledge, tasked with understanding and analysing our impact on the world. He joined Founders Pledge in May 2019, coming from a background in risk management in green finance, and various humanitarian roles in Greece. Initially Matt led our grant-making function for over 2 years, before taking an 18 month sabbatical to run a development charity in Northern Thailand that worked with indigenous hilltribes. He has a Masters in Human Rights from University College London, and a BA in International Relations from Exeter University.

Outside of work Matt enjoys rugby, playing progressively weirder string instruments, and languages - especially Greek so his in-laws can understand him!

Q&A with Matt

Q: If you could choose anyone famous (real or fictional) to have dinner with who would they be and why?

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the OG anarchist.

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A palaeontologist, and that’s before I started watching Friends.

Q: If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you?

I think it would be an amateur film made as a Goldsmiths student's dissertation that nobody would watch.