Matt has worked in the music industry for twenty-five years. His early career was as a pop songwriter for Bryan Morrison Music Publishing, Polygram and Eaton Music and also as a touring musician in a number of bands. Matt moved in to the field of Music Publishing in his late twenties and held roles at Warner Chappell (IMP) as Marketing & Creative Manager and then for the past decade at Out of the Ark Music Ltd where he was Sales & Marketing Director. Matt has also worked at Penguin Books and Little, Brown Books where he was Head of Lifestyle Communications and Marketing for the Piatkus, Constable and Robinson imprints.

During that time Matt has continued to write music and has composed and produced songs for contemporary artists as well as having numerous songs published for the schools market by Out of The Ark Music.

Matt co-founded The School Musicals Company with Tom Kirkham in 2016.