Matt is a creative industry professional with 18 years’ experience working in leadership, strategic and delivery roles across live and digital platforms. Matt specializes in bringing public spaces to life through considered strategy, and real-world tactical nous. His background covers general management, event and program producing, venue management, public place-making, strategic business development and client advocacy, in Australia and the United Kingdom.
For a number of years, as part of the Executive for Melbourne’s iconic Federation Square, Matt led the precinct’s globally-renowned events program, producing and facilitating over 2,000 initiatives annually – from large-scale concerts and community festivals to civic, commercial and creative activations. More recently, as GM of Digital Futures, he oversaw the instigation of a $5.4M world-first digital screen platform that will keep the site at the forefront of cutting edge, digital place-making for years to come.
Currently Matt is working with a range of public and private sector clients to deliver unique, outcome-oriented solutions to activating public spaces successfully, and sustainably.