Matt Bates is a Programme Director Mastercard at Mastercard. He possess expertise in stakeholder management, prince2, requirements gathering, it transformation, procurement and 23 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Matt was my Project Manager on an extremely successful 15 month MasterCard infrastructure replacement project at Barclaycard. Without question he is one of the best PM’s I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. He anticipated issues and removed blockers before they materialised, and smoothed working relationships with the hundred or so people involved with the project by his pro-active engagement. By clearing the way forward he empowered me to concentrate on the real work and perform to a high level in both quality and quantity of work. I recommend him highly. An absolute top PM." and "Matt is an excellent and extremely thorough project manager who draws on his experiences from each and every project to develop his own skill set and the tools he uses to manage his assignments. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Matt for similar project management or senior project management roles."