Matt Peachey

Matt is responsible for facilitating development of Buckinghamshire’s Enterprise Zones, working closely with a range of partners, including landowners, business, sector bodies and government. Matt’s current focus is on driving the next phase of development for the Enterprise Zone sites at Silverstone, Westcott and Aylesbury Woodlands, to ensure these deliver on stakeholder aims and the Strategic Economic Plan for the county. These plans envisage opportunity to grow the High Performance Technology/Motorsport; Space Propulsion/Environmental Engineering; and Agri-Food/Human Health sectors and support local wealth creation and productivity.

Matt has over 20 years’ experience in Local Economic Development in Oxfordshire, Northern Ireland, Surrey and Bedfordshire. In Oxford, Matt worked with partners to attract over £45m of funds for the delivery of critical infrastructure to support housing and commercial workspace development in the city, and developed the City’s Economic Strategy and its City Centre Action Plan. Matt has an MSc in Local and Regional Economic Development alongside undergraduate degrees in Construction Management and Communications.