Matthew Lesh is the Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He has written about the role of the business and the state, barriers to innovation, digital regulation and free speech, political divides, housing, and market environmentalism.
He regularly appears across television and radio, including the BBC, Sky News and GB News, and has been published in the Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian.
Matthew is also a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He has also worked for Australian politicians, in digital communications, and founded a mobile application development start-up.