Matt is the Head of International Policy & Engagement for National Grid. He is also a Board member of the British Chamber of Commerce to the EU & Belgium, and leads the Chambers UK-EU relations workstream. He spent 15 years in the UK Government in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Cabinet Office European and Global Issues Secretariat, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Energy and Climate Change. He was First Secretary Energy and Atomic Questions in the UK Permanent Representation to the EU between 2009-2013, and the Head of EU Strategy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change between 2013-2015. Following that he led the energy, transport and trade team at Fleishman Hillard Brussels between 2015-2019. At National Grid he leads on all international issues across the Group including the impact of Brexit on the UK’s energy relationship with the EU, UK-US relations and international energy policy.