Matt Hyde OBE
Chief Executive
Matt Hyde is Chief Executive of Lloyds Bank Foundation, one of the UK’s largest corporate foundations, funded by the profits of the Lloyds Banking Group. It partners with small, local charities and communities working towards a more just and compassionate society.
Until September 2024 Matt was Chief Executive of the Scouts, the UK’s largest youth movement, where he led the organisation during a period of record membership growth, particularly in areas of deprivation, and oversaw the development of a new age range, called Squirrels, opening up Scouts for four and five year olds.
Formerly Chief Executive of the National Union of Students (NUS), he’s undertaken a number of leadership roles in the charity sector.
Matt is co-Founder of The Big Help Out, an initiative to dramatically increase volunteering numbers across the UK, where 7.2m took part in 2023 and similar numbers participated in 2024. He is Vice-Chair of Comic Relief, a Patron of UNLOCK (the charity for people with convictions) and was previously Vice-Chair of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
Matt was awarded an OBE in the 2020 New Year Honours List, an Honorary Fellowship from Queen Mary University of London in 2012 and an Honorary Degree from the University of Hertfordshire in 2023.
