Matt has a 1st class honours degree in Industrial Design. He founded Aircraft Medical in June 2001 with the vision to build a full infrastructure medical devices company. He twice won the coveted Royal Society of Arts design award, an achievement shared with Jonathon Ive (Head of Design at Apple Inc.). He has lived and worked in New York, Lisbon and London as well as working at the UN Centre for Design Research on medical devices. Matt was awarded the title of 'Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year' by Scotland's Entrepreneurial Exchange and was recently named "Young Scot of the Year". Matt is an advisor to the Royal Society of Arts and sits on The Wellcome Trust's Expert Review Group.