Matthew Eldridge is a climate and development finance advisor at the Gates Foundation, where he helps build financing partnerships with multilateral development banks and development finance institutions to scale investment in climate-resilient food system solutions. He previously led a portfolio at Gates focused on climate finance policy and macroeconomics. Before joining the foundation, Matt worked at the nonprofit Urban Institute, where he led research on topics related to public financial management, impact investing, and results-based financing. Earlier in his career, he consulted on US banking and asset management regulation and held roles at the World Bank focused on aid effectiveness and the Bank’s Central Asia portfolio. He lives in New York City and holds degrees from Virginia Tech and the London School of Economics.