Matt Fletcher

Matt joined the Trust in 2017 as a Trustee and has been an active member of the Board and various committees ever since. He brings significant international business and commercial experience to the Board with a practical and common sense approach.

Matt is an international entrepreneur having founded, built and sold multiple sizeable professional services and retail businesses across Asia and the UK. He is a Project Manager by profession, chartered and a specialist in rapid transformation programmes and in setting up major projects and programmes of work.  Matt has worked on the ground across Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America gaining valuable international and cultural experience.

Most recently, he was a Senior Partner with ARCADIS LLP, one of the world's largest construction consultancies, where he developed and delivered a global growth strategy for their global retail and hospitality sector.  After many years, he retired as a Partner and is now CEO of a boutique consultancy delivering bespoke project and business management services to selective international clients.

Matt is also a non-executive director and specialist advisor to several organisations ranging from SME's to large multi-national corporations and non-profit organisations, across the world. In addition, he continues to be a major shareholder, director and influencer in several consultancy and services companies.

A keen traveller, Matt lived in Hong Kong for over 20 years before returning to the UK in 2016.  Matt lives in the local area and is married with 6 children.