Matthew is a strategy and resilience expert with more than 15 years of experience helping enterprises and clients manage risk. Currently, he is the Founder and Managing Director of Northly Risk, a boutique consulting practice based in Toronto, Canada. He is also partner and strategic advisor in multiple start-up companies in technology and healthcare spaces. Previously, Matthew held a variety of leadership roles in industry, leading risk-related corporate strategy and program design activities for large enterprises, in addition to managing hundreds of real-life incidents and disruptions. Examples of previous roles include: Director, Corporate Security for CIBC, Acting Director of the Ontario Ministry of Health Emergency Management Branch, Manager of Training and Exercises for the Ontario Ministry of Health, Manager in Deloitte's Cyber Security and Risk Advisory Practice and Head of Office for an international humanitarian agency operating in a conflict zone. Matthew holds MScEcon degree specializing in global security , a Certificate in Cyber Security Program Management from University of Toronto, an ABCP designation from the Disaster Recovery Institute and CBCI certification from the Business Continuity Institute. Specialties: corporate strategy, strategic roadmaps, current state assessments, options analysis, coaching, resilience, risk management, crisis management, business continuity, emergency management, incident management, cyber security, physical security, organizational resilience, crisis communications, pandemic planning, healthcare, supply chain risk management, exercise design, crisis simulations, training, workshops, risk assessments, threat risk assessments, business impact analysis, crisis plans, business continuity plans, crisis playbooks, strategic plans, crisis management consulting, contractors, staff augmentation, operational resilience.
