Areas Of Expertise:

• Project Management

Education:

• Bachelor of Project Management and Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Biomedical), University of Sydney

About Matthew Knight

Matthew joined Seven Consulting’s Sydney team in January 2022. He has a Bachelor of Project Management and a Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Biomedical) from the University of Sydney. His previous projects included a two-year $22m integration program which was delivered on time and under budget, a six-week PM capability assessment and PMO uplift review engagement, and the setting up the project governance for a $6m IT security project and a $3m Identity and access management project. 

What Matthew brings

• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience operating the PMO for a $22m integration program
• Outstanding problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding critical thinking skills.

Client feedback:

	Jason Kwong, Program Manager – 2024 “Matthew has become an instrumental member of the team. Matthew works diligently and produces high–quality output. He works very well with stakeholders/project teams and his expertise in project management, such as scheduling and Jira, is well–received by the delivery teams. Matthew has built trust with Equity teams and provides open and transparent reports/opinions. Everyone in Equity enjoys working with Matthew.”
	Michael Do, General Manager – 2023  “Matt communicates well, listens and shares his ideas, is a team player, and is organised. I’ve been very impressed by Matt, who is demonstrating skills well beyond his actual work experience. He has a collaborative approach, and his project management skillset has done a good job keeping stakeholders on track and across the issues.”

Key Clients:

• Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
• CLP Hong Kong
• Equity Trustees
• Colonial First State

Key Achievements:

As Senior PMO Consultant at Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese, Matthew led the development of Project Management Plans (PMPs) for two strategic initiatives and established tailored governance and reporting frameworks. His work improved project transparency, decision-making cadence, and uplifted delivery maturity within the organisation. He also mentored a junior resource to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of PMO support. 

As Senior PMO consultant at CLP Hong Kong, Matthew delivered a PM capability assessment and PMO uplift engagement with six weeks. He produced 14 personalised 360-degree profiles for the digital team PMs assessing their theoretical knowledge, project outcomes, documentation quality, and stakeholder surveys. He also reviewed and uplifted all CLP PMO templates to strengthen delivery standards and governance. 

As Senior PMO Consultant at Equity Trustees, Matthew and a Finance General Manager were the PMO of a $22m integration program. Over the course of the two-year program, Matthew was responsible for the Master Schedule, RAID, resource tracking, project reporting including the Steering Committee, working group, Townhall and Board packs, Jira rollout and training, EPMO review and uplift, project change management, organisational change management, and benefits reporting and tracking. The program finished on time and under budget demonstrating his proficiency.

As PMO Graduate at Colonial First State, Matthew was responsible for the creation of a Jira and confluence platform for reporting and tracking of project progress. He worked closely with Senior Project and Program Managers to ensure correct governance was carried out, and facilitated RAID meetings, and steering committee meetings. Matthew worked closely with the technical business analysts creating meaningful outputs from large excel data sets and summarising this information to key stakeholders.

As Graduate at Seven Consulting, Matthew completed the Graduate program which is designed to enhance the core Project Management skills amongst the people who are experienced in their individual professional fields. During the Graduate program, he has gained theoretical and practical knowledge on different aspects of project management by going through different sessions and exercises with domain experts. This program has developed his skills and confidence level in using PM tools (like MS Project, JIRA etc), techniques and soft skills. Matthew also had the opportunity to work as shadow senior consultants in actual project environments where he has been exposed to risk, issues, and constraints on a project and better ways to manage them.

As a student at The University of Sydney, Matthew came 1st out of 102 students in Project Cost and Finance with a mark of 95%, 1st in Legal Aspects of Projects with a mark of 97% out of 83 students, and 3rd in Agile Project Management with a mark of 90%.

As a student at The University of Sydney, Matthew was placed on the Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance averaging 86.7% in 2021.

As Manufacturing and Design Engineer, Matthew created a tool using excel to assess the manufacturing efficiency of COVID19 Respirators at CleanSpace Technology. Matthew then analysed this data and used it to suggest changes and improvements to the manufacturing line and equipment.

Attained a Certified Scrum Master Qualification through Scrum Alliance gaining an appreciation of Servant Leadership and its effectiveness as a management style.