Matt joined Parthenon-EY in autumn 2010, having worked in both public and private sectors within education following a career at McKinsey & Co., where he led strategy and organization work in a wide range of contexts, from highly successful FTSE 30 companies and mid-caps to public sector institutions and government departments.
For seven years, Matt worked in the education support services sector, holding P&L responsibility. He led teams working on school improvement (National Challenge), academy development, the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and on children’s services technology and management information.
Since joining Parthenon-EY, Matt has led our Education Practice in the UK and Europe. He has led work across every stage and sub-sector of education in the UK and across Europe, including nurseries, public and private schools (K-12), vocational and further education, universities and support services.
He has worked in buy and sell-side diligence, international strategy, marketing and sales force strategy and general corporate strategy. Matt also works closely with leadership teams in education on leadership, top team alignment and organisation. He has written on school reform, including published work for Policy Exchange and Reform on performance-related pay for teachers and school and MAT governance
Matt holds a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and was the Gatsby Scholar.
