Our People

Dr Matthew Perkins

Visiting Fellow

CEO

BSc (Hons) & PhD (Leeds)

Matt Perkins joined Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation arm of Oxford University, in October 2016 during a time of both great change and growth for the company. During his tenure, OUI saw its spinout company rate double, while the wider innovation ecosystem around Oxford evolved rapidly. As OUI’s Chief Executive Officer, it was his responsibility to guide OUI through these changing times to deliver an even greater impact, and to pioneer ways in which OUI could continue to enhance its offering to the University. Matt is a Director of Oxford University Suzhou Science and Technology Ltd., the Chinese company that is responsible for the research facility in Suzhou, China.

Prior to taking on the CEO role at OUI, he was President of Space Imaging at e2v for eighteen months where he assembled a new management team to help transform the division. Space was also a focus for the previous eight years, spent as Group CEO at Surrey Satellite Technology ltd, the world’s leading small satellite mission provider. Matt held a variety of technical and management roles for Filtronic Comtek (part of Filtronic plc) from 1993 to 2007, including setting up manufacturing in China, bolstering the growth of a business unit and leading the global engineering and project management teams.

Matt is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.  He stepped down from the OUI CEO role in April 2024 and is developing a variety of non-executive director, board chair and charity trustee roles.