Before recently joining Political Intelligence as Managing Partner, Matti has worked in the company for 5 years. In that time he has successfully designed and implemented public affairs campaigns across multiple industries including energy, e-commerce and food & beverages at both the Belgian and EU level. Matti also takes up important roles in the public affairs industry’s representative bodies such as EPACA, Bepact and PACE. Matti holds a PhD in political science and has published peer-reviewed articles on lobbying in multi-level political systems. Before joining Political Intelligence he was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Antwerp where he taught a MA courses on EU decision-making and advocacy. He holds Master’s degrees in Comparative & European Politics and in International Relations & Diplomacy and Bachelor degree in Social and Economic Sciences. As a Belgian national, he is fluent in Dutch and English with a good command of French.