Matthew Nell was the Founder & Director and of the Shisaka Development Management Services in South Africa. He has over thirty years of experience in development finance, primarily in low income housing, urban regeneration and in socio-economic development programmes. Matthew Nell oversaw the establishment of key housing finance and micro-credit institutions and public funding interventions, including the National Housing Forum, where he was responsible for the overall management and its direction. He has provided advisory services to national, provincial and metropolitan government on public housing strategies and programmes and assisted in drafting national housing policy, legislation and regulations as well as establishing housing related public entities.
Matthew Nell holds a Bachelors Degree in Building Science and Masters Degree in Town and Regional Planning, both from the University of the Witwatersrand.