Matt is a broadly qualified Safety, Human Factors and Aeronautical Engineer, with over 30 years’ experience working with safety critical industries. Matt has had a diverse career, spanning all aspects of the aviation industry, from front-line operations to base-support and product-development. He is experienced in Engineering Investigation, Design Modification, Quality Management, Continuous Improvement, Error Management and Safety Risk Management Systems.

Matt has practical experience of establishing and subsequently running Error Management Systems and steering Safety Culture change programmes. He has facilitated Human Factors and Incident Investigation training at all levels from shop floor to senior management. Matt has experience working with organisations to help them bring disparate safety activity into a more effective holistic safety management system.

Matt completed his Doctorate with Lougborough University in 2019 after a ten-year longitudinal study of culture change and organisational learning within Military Aviation, the Rail Industry and the NHS. He has a BSc in Psychology and a MSc in Human Factors from Loughborough University. Matt is a member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.