Matt Walton

Matt is a digital product leader who likes to improve the world by making useful things. He’s one of the founding team and Chief Product Officer for FutureLearn a social learning network offers short online courses from over 100 leading universities and other education providers with a vision to give everyone, everywhere access to education so that they can improve their lives, their work and the world. He’s passionate about lean and agile product development and how disruptive technology can be used to make the world a better place. In the past, he’s led the development of innovative websites, apps and digital products for the likes of the BBC, Harper Collins and BSkyB. He’s also a music and film fan, radio and technology geek, passionate cook and photographer, interested in history, behavioural economics and sustainability and only ever wears brown shoes.