Matt has a bachelor’s degree in Political Studies from Aberystwyth University, a diploma in TESOL, and a certificate in teaching EAP from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He is currently studying for an MA in TESOL from the University of Nottingham. Matt is a Fellow of Advance HE and an Associate Fellow of BALEAP. He has also written and published three books related to IELTS and English language teaching and learning.

Before joining King's Foundations, Matt worked as an ESL teacher and IELTS examiner in China, and as an EAP tutor at Royal Holloway University of London, Kingston University and the University of Reading. 

The area of EAP that Matt is most interested in is teaching academic writing.

In Matt's free time he enjoys listening to music, reading, writing, exercising, and spending time with his wife and son.