Matthew Cullinen is senior director of Pact’s Energy for Prosperity program.

Matthew Morton is a young professional at the World Bank Group, working on social protection, jobs, and gender and development issues. Previously, he served as special advisor on child and youth policy to the U.S. government, leading efforts to integrate evidence-based policymaking with a focus on child trauma and youth homelessness. He served as a lecturer at the University of Oxford's Center for Evidence-Based Intervention and consulted for the European Commission on impact evaluation.

Matthew Pace has told thousands of stories in a career that has taken him to places he never expected to get to. He has reported on and produced stories for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, Montreal and Washington, D.C. He has filed stories from Congo and Rwanda. And he served as senior editor of the English language TV network of Japan’s national broadcaster, NHK. He has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Matthew Schnurr is associate professor in the department of international development studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. His research investigates the potential for new agricultural technologies to alleviate poverty and hunger for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Matthew S. Mendis, managing director of the Chemonics Energy Group, is a clean energy, environment, and finance expert with more than 35 years of experience in more than 45 developing countries. Initially, Mendis spent 10 years of his career at the World Bank, pioneering innovative financing mechanisms for small-scale energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives before founding Alternative Energy, Development, Inc. — later merging with International Resources Group — where he was corporate vice president for the energy and environmental management division.

Matthew Vanderwerff is the deputy director for information and media at IREX, where he currently works on technology for development programming, providing direct program management and technical assistance in Washington, D.C.

Matthew Wolf works with the Devex Analytics team from Johannesburg in South Africa, helping improve our coverage of and insight into development work and funding around the world. He draws on work experience with Thomson Reuters in Africa, MENA and Latin America, where he helped uncover, pursue and win opportunities with local governments and donor agencies. He is interested in data-driven solutions to development challenges, results-based financing, and ICT4D.

Matthias Jäger is a value chain and marketing expert, who works on topics related to value chains for nutrition, sustainable food systems, low-emission value chains, and inclusive business models at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Previously, he worked with Bioversity International and he served as a coordinator or consultant for numerous value chain development projects and studies funded by donors such as the European Commission, IADB, IFAD or GIZ.

Matthieu Pegon is the head of blended finance at IDB Invest since 2017. He oversees the deployment of IDB Invest's concessional finance resources in high-impact projects where risks are too high for commercial finance alone. He recently published “Beyond Leverage Ratios: A Strategic Approach to Blended Finance.”

Mattias Bryneson joined Plan International Nepal as country director in July 2013. Immediately prior to his role, Mattias worked as the program support manager with Plan International in Uganda, where he was responsible for managing a diversified program portfolio across four key districts. Since April 2015, Mattias has managed a team of more than 300 staff, leading on Plan International’s emergency response in Nepal in the aftermath of the April and May earthquakes.