Dr Tony Munton – Managing Director of Matrix Evidence
Dr Tony Munton joined Matrix in October 2008 as Director of Matrix Evidence, a division of The Matrix Knowledge Group. Tony is responsible for leadership, strategy development and implementation, and ultimately for the commercial performance of Matrix Evidence. He is accountable to the Board of TMKG for the performance of the division, within the context of the overall company strategy.
Tony is a Chartered Psychologist with more than 20 years experience in undertaking policy research for central and local government. Following completion of his PhD at Leeds University, he worked at the Medical Research Council’s Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield. From there he moved to the Institute of Education at the University of London where again he did policy research for government, including work for the Department for Health, Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Scottish Office and the British Council.
Following a period on secondment with the Department for Education and Skills, Tony worked at the Home Office and then the Ministry of Justice as an Assistant Director in the Research, Development and Statistics Division. He led RDS units with responsibility for drug and alcohol research, communities, and the criminal justice system. Tony has chaired a local authority childcare partnership, a primary school governing body, and has been a trustee of a national charity. He has authored or co-authored over 50 journal articles and books.
