Matthew Eldridge

Senior Program Officer – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Climate Change Working Group Co-Chair

Matthew Eldridge is a Senior Program Officer in the Development Policy and Finance team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He focuses primarily on climate finance and policy, including the macroeconomic implications of climate change for developing countries. Prior to joining the foundation, Matt worked at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization, researching and providing technical assistance on results-based financing approaches. Before that, he consulted on US banking and asset management regulation and held roles at the World Bank, working on aid effectiveness as well as the Bank’s Central Asia portfolio. He holds a BA from Virginia Tech and an MSc from LSE.