Matt Cooper is one of the country's leading broadcasters and journalists. His national drive-time current affairs radio programme The Last Word on 100-102 Today FM is essential listening for anyone interested in politics, business, sports and the arts, all handled with intelligence, insight and wit by Matt.
A regular on television current affairs programmes - and the host of two RTE television business series, Marketplace and Start Me UP, during his career - Matt has been acknowledged as the outstanding business journalist and commentator over the last decade.
Matt Cooper was also editor of The Sunday Tribune from 1996 to 2002, being the youngest ever editor of a national newspaper on his appointment, Matt was previously business editor of the Irish Independent, Ireland's biggest selling daily newspaper. He has twice won the overall Journalist of the Year - in 1993 and 2001 - and has also been Business Journalist of the year twice. He continues to write a weekly hard-hitting column on the leader page of The Sunday Tribune.
Matt excels at chairing and addressing meetings and conferences with a business theme. Among events he has chaired are the KMPG budget briefing, the Institute of Directors annual conference, the Irish Advertising Practitioners Institute annual conference, the Irish Pharmaceutical Union annual industry seminar and the Inter-trade Ireland Private Equity Conference.
Matt also does charity work and this year has acted as master of ceremonies and auctioneer at functions for Headway Ireland and Starfish (Aids Foundation) and as quiz master at IoD People in Need quiz night.
What clients say...
"Matt's involvement in this year's seminar was hugely beneficial. He brought a huge degree of professionalism to the management of the event and ensured that everything - including a lively Q&A session - ran smoothly. His exceptional experience in news and current affairs meant that he kept the seminar focussed and held the attention of the audience and allowed him to actively engage in the event rather than simply "manage" it".
Seamus Feely,
Secretary General of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union.