Matt W.

Background

About Matt W.

Matt is a leader in McKinsey’s Geopolitical, Strategy & Corporate Finance, and Government practices. His work focuses on growth & innovation in strategic industries (e.g, defense, space, semiconductors, high tech, cyber) with evolving global dynamics. Matt co-leads McKinsey’s Geopolitics Practice, which helps companies, investors, and governments strategically plan, accelerate growth, and bolster resilience amidst geopolitical tensions. Prior to that, Matt co-led McKinsey’s Negotiation Service Line, which focuses on helping clients navigate high-stakes negotiations, and McKinsey USG’s Innovation Service Line which focuses on advancing R&D in emerging technologies (e.g. biotech, quantum, hypersonic, next generation semiconductors, autonomy). Outside of McKinsey, Matt is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations and on the Board of Directors for No One Left Behind (NOLB), a non-profit focused on advocating for interpreters who worked with U.S. Armed Forces. His work has led him to appear on The Problem with Jon Stewart and PBS: Story in the Public Square and his op-eds have been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Hill. In 2017, he was recognized by Forbes as 30 under 30 in Law and Policy for his work on Ebola recovery in Sierra Leone. Matt is also a Green Beret with the U.S. Army Reserves and was previously seconded to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations as a Deputy Military Advisor for the Peace Keeping Mission. Matt received a Master’s in Global Governance and Diplomacy as well as an Master’s in Business Administration from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He also studied at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs for the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative and majored in Neuroscience at the University of Delaware.