Matt Billet

Matt is a Sustainable Finance Analyst at Moody’s Corporation 

After completing my undergraduate degree, I began my career at KPMG in New York. I had the opportunity to learn and apply a consulting skillset – this included how to best work as part of a team to achieve a shared goal, how to manage client relationships, and how to become a subject matter professional in the financial regulatory space. Whilst I appreciated the work, my colleagues and my clients, I was motivated to apply to the LSE Master of Public Administration (MPA) so that I could broaden my skills and experiences - specifically in the quantitative methods space - in order to engage in an increasingly data-driven policy and regulatory environment.

At the LSE I took part in a challenging yet rewarding academic experience. It was through my capstone project with 60_Decibels, an impact data spinoff of the nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen, where I discovered my desire to work in the sustainable finance and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) space. After completing the MPA, I left the LSE with an understanding and knowledge base of sustainable finance and with a highly transferrable evidence-based policymaking skillset. I’m extremely grateful to have learned from such a diverse network of faculty, practitioners and classmates that further enriched the experience.

 After completing the MPA, I joined Moody’s Corporation as an ESG Methodology Analyst – whilst best known for their credit ratings, they’ve also built a diverse data and analytics business, including ESG and sustainable finance insights. In this role, I work on developing the roadmap (think: logic) to produce those ESG and sustainable finance insights: specifically for asset managers, banks and insurance organizations. I’ve been able to leverage many of the skills and experiences I learned from the MPA to contribute to evidence-based research projects and data-driven model and methodology development.

My time at the LSE was extremely rewarding – I’m grateful that the SPP helped facilitate such challenging and enriching courses and experiences to help set me on a career path that I’m passionate about.     

Matt is happy to connect on LinkedIn.