Speakers

Matt Smith is Vice President at the Global Entrepreneurship Network – a Washington, DC-based non-profit that operates programs across 200 countries and territories aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. Prior to joining GEN, Matt worked at the heart of the UK’s world-leading entrepreneurial ecosystem for over 15 years, first as co-founder of student entrepreneur charity NACUE, and most recently as co-founder of entrepreneurship foundation, the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE). Matt also helped launch the European Startup Network in 2016 and from 2020 has served on the board of the National Enterprise Network, connecting enterprise support organisations across the UK. He remains a Senior Fellow at CFE.