Matthew Evans

Matt has more than 16 years of professional experience in the fields of data and technology.

As a versatile data analytics and technology professional with a strong record of specializing in complex and challenging scenarios, he is frequently involved in forensics.

Drawing on his direct experience from both academia and in-house software development, Matt has full-project-life-cycle expertise in designing, developing, testing, and implementing new systems.

Clients benefit from Matt’s proficiencies in the use of many data management and analytics technologies, including SQL, Python, Tableau, and Power BI. Prior to his career in consulting, Matt developed fraud identification solutions for finance, insurance, and large government clients.

Career Highlights: 

• Developed and integrated a fraud detection platform for a large government client; oversaw the full project life cycle through requirement capture, development, testing, training, and implementation.
• Led a time-pressured investigation into an ongoing fraud on a mobile money platform in sub-Saharan Africa; in four weeks, identified fraud typology, highlighted system misconfiguration errors, and uncovered evidence of collusion and control from internal stakeholders.
• Led a complex multijurisdictional data loss investigation for a global market research company—under scrutiny by multiple regulators—after a major cybersecurity breach.
• Led various data analytics and modeling work streams in a dispute between a client and its broker on the London Metal Exchange; modeled factual and counterfactual scenarios to calculate losses.
• Built real-time security incident dashboards for charities, government organizations, and engineering firms operating in politically unstable areas.
• Undertook numerous litigation and regulatory investigations requiring the discovery, extraction, management, and analysis of huge volumes of structured data drawn from disparate operational and financial systems.