Matt Hall

Matt Hall is a Senior Scientific Officer in the Industry Partnerships team at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The team is responsible for overall strategy development, planning and partnership activities within EMBL-EBI. This includes development of research-related activities with industry, as well as delivery of EMBL-EBI’s Industry Programme. Matt has primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Industry Programme. Prior to joining EMBL-EBI, Matt had a 25 year career in the pharmaceutical industry as a bioinformatician, clinical scientist, and molecular biologist.  Matt held various scientific management and leadership roles, primarily in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology departments at GSK. He gained experience as a Clinical Director in GSK’s Africa NCD Open Lab. Matt started his career in industry with Parke-Davis/Pfizer in 1993. Matt has skills in bioinformatics, clinical research, molecular biology, project management, relationship building and working with external partners. He is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. He gained his PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Leeds in 1991.