Matt was brought up on his family’s 4th generation sheep & arable farm just outside of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand, he attended Lincoln University (NZ) then joined ANZ Bank NZ Ltd as an Agri bank manager in 2005, since then Matt has run large customer portfolios, managed large regions & teams for both Rabobank and ANZ Bank with specialisations in irrigation & farm syndication financing, along with offshore lending projects in the Pacific Islands and SE Asia.

In Feb 2020 Matt joined Oxbury Bank Plc and assisted the business in gaining its banking license through to its successful launch in Feb 2021, and since then put together Oxbury’s national sales force and continues to lead the customer facing team to major lending and revenue milestones.