Matthew became Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Network in July 2021. He joined CERN in 2015 taking on responsibility for managing CERN's US$5 billion investment portfolio in public equity, private equity, venture capital, fixed income, commercial real estate, hedge funds, timber, farmland, and money markets. By 2017, he was ranked number 6 in the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Public Investor 100 Rankings of the most significant and impactful public investor executives, and in 2019 under his leadership the CERN Pension Fund was awarded the Best Pension Fund Governance in Europe by Capital Finance International.

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Matthew is a member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network, a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Liveryman at the Worshipful Company of International Bankers, and a Freeman of the City of London. He has also served on the Alumni Council at Cambridge Judge Business School, as a board member at Villiers Park Educational Trust, and a member of the Integrity Committee at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. In addition, he spent several years serving in the Royal Navy Reserve and is a strong supporter of naval and maritime charities.