Education
He was raised in Hampton Middlesex where he attended Hampton School before he studied African politics at Oxford University and spent five years on the ground in East Africa reporting for Reuters.
He was raised in Hampton Middlesex where he attended Hampton School before he studied African politics at Oxford University and spent five years on the ground in East Africa reporting for Reuters.
He is currently the South Asia Security Correspondent for the Financial Times. From 2007 to 2009, he was based in Lagos as the West Africa correspondent for the Financial Times. In September 2009, Matthew took up a new assignment as the FT"s South Asia Security Correspondent, covering Afghanistan and Pakistan from Kabul and Islamabad.
He also reported from the frontline in the last Iraq War whilst embeded with United States marines.