Matt Chinn

Biography

Matt has wide experience in Defence and Security from across and outside the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) including:

  • Chief Delivery Officer at Dstl
  • Head of Dstl’s Platform Systems Division
  • Head of the Technology and Business Faculty at the Defence Academy, working closely with Cranfield University to deliver world class education and training
  • Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security, working across all government departments with a security remit
  • Head of Dstl’s Chemical and Biological Science and Technology Centre; responsible for all aspects of the CBR Science and Technology programme and UK lead for International Collaboration in the area

Matt has a PhD from Huddersfield University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Previous roles in government

  • Chief Delivery Officer
  • Head, Platform Systems