Matt Candy is Global Managing Partner for Generative AI within IBM Consulting and is a member of IBM Consulting’s Global Leadership Team.

Matt (he/him) helps IBM clients around the world embrace this new era of technology, combining AI & experience to deliver meaningful business outcomes beyond just improved productivity & efficiencies, but as an accelerant to growth. He partners with organisations as they take this journey, bringing the creativity, expertise & innovation of a world class IBM consulting team, together with the power of IBM's watsonx technology & that of our ecosystem partners (e.g. Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP etc.) Matt also drives the Generative AI strategy, adoption & enablement of 160,000 consultants within IBM Consulting.

With over 26 years of consulting experience at PwC (prior to acquisition) and IBM, Matt’s previous role was as Global Leader and Managing Partner of IBM iX, the experience design and customer transformation group within IBM Consulting. Working at the intersection of strategy, design, technology, and operations, Matt led a team of over 23,000 creators and makers across a global network of 60 studios and 75+ delivery centres, who employ a human-centered approach to business design that accelerates innovation and transformation at scale. Matt led the creation, growth and scaling (organically and inorganically) of the IBM iX business for over a decade, working out of the UK. IBM iX is dedicated to creating impactful experiences for clients across multiple industries worldwide.