Director of International ProgrammesCBM UK - Global Disability Inclusion
As Director of International Programmes at CBM UK-Global Disability Inclusion, and representing BasicNeeds (the former Skoll Awardee pioneering community mental health models), Matthew works alongside people with disabilities & partner organisations in Africa & Asia. He is passionate about developing and scaling innovative models of holistic community development, health, education and climate adaptation that are fully inclusive of people with disabilities, and working with changemakers to ensure marginalised groups are impacted by their own social change solutions. For over 25 years, he has worked in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia and the UK in roles covering strategy, policy, partnerships, donor relations and development & humanitarian programmes. He has an MA in Disability & Development and thrives in cross-cultural environments, in growing authentic relationships and in understanding what makes others tick, whilst having fun and trying not to take himself too seriously!