Matt trained as a Chartered Accountant at one the region’s largest firms, qualifying in 2008. In 2013 he became finance director and then commercial director for a national precast concrete company, Matt helped expand both its product range and market share, helping it secure key contracts in a range of high-profiled infrastructure projects, including Hinckley Point C. Following the successful turnaround and sale of this business, Matt become Managing Director of SMART in early 2019.
Within 6 months of joining Matt led the successful management buyout at Thurston-based business which became Smart Modular Buildings.
Since then, the company has become the national market leader in its sector through a successful blending of agile marketing, new designs, a comprehensive customer service culture and an expanded and well-supported workforce. In 2021 the company launched the only Garden Room configuration with Augmented Reality in the UK.
Matt’s business acumen has been recognised by his peers and has been the chair of Suffolk Chamber in Bury St Edmunds and is now a director and the treasurer of the parent company, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.