Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

Matthew Gill

Matthew Gill

Programme Director

Matthew is a programme director leading the Institute’s work on public bodies. He was policy director at the British Business Bank for over five years, including during EU exit and the pandemic. He previously helped establish the bank while leading on enterprise policy at HM Treasury. Before that, he worked in prudential policy at the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England following the financial crisis. 

Matthew began his career at PwC, where he became a chartered accountant. He then completed a PhD in sociology and spent two years in the USA as an interdisciplinary Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow. He is the author of Accountants’ Truth: Knowledge and Ethics in the Financial World (Oxford, 2009). 

Matthew's recent work

24 APR 2024 Report

Parliament and regulators

Almost a third of UK regulators have not been scrutinised by parliament since the 2019 general election.

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18 AUG 2022 Report

Reforming public appointments

How the new prime minister can make public appointments faster and fairer, by reforming an often chaotic public appointments process.

31 JAN 2022 Analysis paper

Whitehall Monitor 2022

Major reform is needed for government to respond to crises like the pandemic while simultaneously delivering long-term policy goals.  

25 JAN 2022 Explainer

Public bodies reform

The Declaration on Government Reform published in June 2021 committed the government to “commence a review programme for Arm’s Length Bodies".

25 JAN 2022 Explainer

Public bodies

Public bodies deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.