Having started his career competing on the international alpine downhill skiing circuit; he later accepts a position at Swissair in Zurich as technical planning analyst.

In 1986 he returns to Geneva to head the Process Engineering Group at Union Carbides' Coating Service facility.
In 1987, he joins the Du Pont company in a technical marketing role in order to create a European advanced composites division. In 1990, as market segment leader, he manages the aircraft composites business for the fibres division in Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East.

Founder and Director of KPMG's Career Group in 1992, he specialised in the development and introduction of change management, career development and employee performance improvement services related to major restructuring and downsizing activities.

Founding partner of ThEM SA and member of The Tribe Project, he currently researches new work ethics and the role of the individual in tomorrow's organisation.

B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, Matthew Cooper holder of a private pilot's license and dual Swiss/British nationalities, speaks English, French and German.