Matt Gilbert is Head of Business Development at Guardian News and Media, the department responsible for growing new revenue streams. Since he joined in 2007 his team has worked across a number of platform areas, including Mobile, Networks and Multi-media. His department sits in the wider Commercial division, and is designed to co-ordinate and collaborate across the editorial and technical disciplines.

In 1999 Matt was a founding member of a digital media agency start up i-level, and in 2005 moved across into their sister consultancy arm, Generator, to launch a digital skills training division.