Matt Bennion -
Chief Operating Officer

Matt Bennion joined EC Harris in 2002 and helped to establish EC Harris’ management consultancy and transformational change business. In 2008 he became an Executive Group Board Member, with group wide responsibility for service, people and business operations.  This includes responsibility for the delivery of the best possible outcomes to our clients, including the quality and relevance of our services and the capability, engagement and behaviours of our people.  This remit was extended in 2010 to include all business management as COO. 
 
Matt has extensive experience of major projects, programmes and business ventures and has specialist skills in supply chain and change management - working with clients such as: BAA, Railway Procurement Agency, Balfour Beatty, IBM, Barclays Bank, Aldar and Sama Dubai to deliver benefits from improvements in asset and supply chain performance, corporate strategy and organisational effectiveness.

In addition to project experience, Matt’s career includes international assignments in Dubai and Ireland and the mobilisation of a new 500 person joint venture for Project Management.
 
Prior to EC Harris, Matt was a partner at Davis Langdon, providing cost and commercial management solutions for clients such as Land Securities, BAA, BAA Lynton, Abstract Securities and the London Docklands Development Corporation. Before this Matt trained as a Quantity Surveyor with Wates Construction.
 
Matt has a degree in Quantity Surveying and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.