SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA // Matt started his career in London in 1984 working in an art studio on accounts such as British Airways and McDonalds. He came over
to Sydney in 1987 to art direct retail accounts for a couple of small independant agencies. In the early nineties, Matt was drawn back to the UK 

to work with the multi-national agency McCann Erickson, where he spent 3 years working on brands such as L’Oreal, Levis and Nescafe.

Matt’s career in healthcare advertising began when he was lured back to Sydney in 1995, to work as an Art Director for Hammond & Thackeray.

In 2000 he jopined Grey Healthcare before coming ‘home’ in 2001. Matt was promoted to Creative Director of H&T in 2002. 

Over the years he has won many awards for both our human and animal health sides of the agency and has appeared on ABC televisions advertising show “The Gruen Transfer” on three occasions.

Matt has also been a member of the Australian judging panel for the Global Awards for the past 10 years as well as being part of the executive jury in New York in 2013. He has also judged The RX Awards, Australian Effectivness Awards and was on the inaugural Executive Jury for the Healthcare Spikes awards in Singapore 2014. 

Matt is now a partner and Group Creative Director in the newly formed Healthy Thinking Group which is a unique communication collective specialising in human, animal, environmental and plant health. The seven specialised teams within the group cover every aspect of communications, including business and brand strategy, creative, medical education, events, PR, digital, training and development plus patient support. The group now has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Singapore and Seoul.