Matthew Black

Matthew Black was in the Prep School (Hartnell’s House) 1975-78 and Polacks House 1978-1981 where he became Head of House in April 1981. He has worked in the Real Estate industry for over 35 years of which the last 18 have been at CBRE until 2021. He was lead advisor to The London Development Agency in relation to the land acquisition for the 2012 Olympic Games and more recently was interim Legacy Director for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2013 he was elected an Eminent Fellow of The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in recognition of his role in the regeneration of East London. He is co-founder of Selby Projects, a Real Estate Development Management Company.

Matthew has been a trustee of The Polacks House Educational Trust since 2013 and in 2020 was appointed chairman. In his spare time he is a media spokesman for Cancer Research UK and Bowel Cancer UK and has appeared regularly in the media talking on their behalf.