Matthew Savage

Formerly Principal of an award-winning international school in the Middle East, and with a long and varied career in school leadership both in the UK and internationally, Matthew now works closely with premium schools and school groups worldwide, helping them to use data wisely and well. His internationally renowned work with The Mona Lisa Effect® explores the intersection of wellbeing and DEIJB, through the prism of kind and ‘warm’, ‘street’, and slow data, and aims to help schools ensure that every single student, without condition or exception, can "be seen, be heard, be known and belong". As well as being a judge for ISC Research's International School Awards, Matthew is also an advisor to or member of two different, international school boards of governors, an advisory board member for Parents’ Alliance for Inclusion, a Thought Partner with Noonchi Wellbeing, and an executive leadership coach with LSC Education. A member of the Global Equality Collective, and a regular contributor to the Diverse Educators community (and to their 2023 book, ‘A Manifesto‘), he also uses his lived or directly observed experience of physical disability, mental ill health and neurodivergence to help schools read the stories of the students and staff on their margins. He lives on the Isle of Skye, with his wonderful wife and atypical dog.