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Matthew Thompson, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer

Matt Thompson has over ten years experience in the petroleum industry focused largely on strategy development and operational improvement. Matt’s core expertise is across the mid and downstream sectors of the industry including refining, supply & trading, freight/logistics and marketing. Prior to joining the DME, Matt worked in the petroleum practice of McKinsey and Company for 7 years most recently as an Engagement Manager. In this position Matt led projects across the globe for a variety of clients including oil majors, NOCs, private equity players and independents. Recent projects included supply and trading optimization for a European NOC, China entry strategy for an international major, corporate portfolio management for an Asian NOC and downstream expansion opportunity development for a Middle Eastern national oil company.

Matt has also worked for Elf Oil UK as pricing co-ordinator and for Petroleum Economics Limited as a market analyst. Matt holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Sussex.