Considered one of the foremost experts in business and higher education, Matt Symonds co-founded some of the most respected business school and university initiatives and media companies of the last 25 years. The S of QS, Matt has written about education, management, innovation and entrepreneurship for The Economist, BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Times of India, and many more.
Founder and CEO of BlueSky Education, the world’s leading communications consultancy for business and higher education, Matt and his team support many of the world’s best business schools with strategic media visibility and rankings performance. He co-founded QS Quacquarelli Symonds, publishers of the QS World University Rankings, and was an editorial consultant for Times Higher Education for the launch of the THE World University Rankings.
Matt is also chief editor of Bluesky-thinking.com, a website dedicated to the insights and research of business schools, universities and outstanding management thinkers. He also founded Fortuna Admissions, and is the author of the international bestseller, The MBA Edge, sponsored by McKinsey, Bain, BCG and Goldman Sachs.