"We shall not cease from Exploration; the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T.S.Eliot

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Matthew Marriott is a British and Irish Adventurer, World Traveller, Researcher, Geographer, Physicist, Data Analytics/Data Science/Artificial Intelligence/Tech expert, and Financial Services professional. Previously he has worked in the Travel Industry, the City, as a Foreign Language Teacher, and has lived in Egypt and Australia.

Matthew's objective through exploration is not endurance feats alone, all be they valuable in their own way, but scientific discovery and rediscovery of new areas of knowledge to be shared with the international explorer community.

There is a phrase 'solvitur ambulando' - it is solved through walking, and Matthew has walked across Rainforests (Australia & Indian Ocean), Deserts (Moroccan Sahara & Europe's only true desert, the Tabernas Desert), Mountain ranges (Alps, Alpilles, Atlas Mountains, Tatras, Blue Mountains, Parnassus Mountains, Himalayas), long distance pilgrimages, and several long distance treks across the world, for which he is recognised on the app 'Komoot' as an Expert in 7 areas for Hiking around the World. He has led hiking groups to summit points for an International Company, as well as taken part in his local Town's Walking Festival.

From a family of linguists, he also speaks several modern languages from across Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as having studied Ancient languages too. He practices meditation regularly for wellbeing, having studied meditation in a Himalayan Monastery.

In 2024, he founded World Exploration Data Science (WEDS), to further exploratory discoveries through the use of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, for example reading the Titanic Dataset, or reading a scroll from the Vesuvius eruption over Herculaneum - visit www.worldexplorationdatascience.com to find out more.

Matthew is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He is also a member of the Challenger Society for Marine Research, Globetrotter's Club, Australian Geographic Society and the T. E. Lawrence Society.

As an aspiring travel photographer, he has had his work offered for Editorial through Shutterstock, and been a Contributor for National Geographic on Your Shot.




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Matthew works hard, and explores hard. With a career in Financial Services, focused on Data Analytics and Artifical Intelligence, working in Surrey, the City - London, the Midlands, and around the UK. Matthew's passion outside of work is in Exploration, Travel and Adventure. Matthew is able to combine the two with carefully timed annual leave.

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Matthew Marriott has lived in Australia, and Egypt (pictured here in a Cafe in Cairo), experiencing full imersion with these places.

Allianz, Strategy & Experience "Best Leader" Nominee 2022

Voted for by colleagues

     

Voted for by colleagues at the World's largest Financial Services/Insurance Company.

Watts Gallery "Make Festival" Digital Art Competition Winner

Prestigious Gallery

     

Voted and selected by Judges.

1st Class Awarded for Dissertation by the Department of Physics, University of York.

Prestigious Academic Recognition.

     

Awarded by Academics of the Department of Physics, University of York.

Insurance Post

Shortlisted for Technology Innovation of the Year, Insurance Post 2023

Insurance Times

Insurance Times Awards 2023 Shortlist

Allianz UK Star Awards 2023

Recognition for our multi-million pound Machine Learning (AI) project

     

Best in Digital & Data Science Shortlist

Insurance Times Tech and Innovation Awards 2024

     

Best Use of AI Finalist - Machine Learning

Royal Geographical Society Speaker: Christmas Island Lecture, February 2020. A Bulletin-listed talk

"An illuminated talk" - Dave Lovell, Chair of Royal Geographical Society South Region, 2020

Royal Geographical Society Speaker: Christmas Island Lecture, February 2020. A Bulletin-listed talk

"Thank you so much for revealing the Island to us, we are going to book a trip there as soon as we can" - Royal Geographical Society members in the audience, 2020

Podcast Show: Whiskey and a Map: Stories of Adventure and Exploration as told by those who lived them

Whiskey and a Map is a podcast hosted by Adventure Photographer Michael J. Reinhart, featuring stories of Adventure and Exploration as told by those who lived them. I talk to Michael about past travel journeys, expeditions and the future of exploration. A Top 50 Places & Travel Podcast on Apple Podcasts in the USA and has a global audience with listeners all over the world. Visit the website AdventureandExplorationPodcast.com or your favourite Podcast platform/app (Spotify, Audible, Apple)

Podcast
  • Flora, Fauna & Desertification in the Tabernas Desert, Walking Europe's only Desert - the Tabernas Desert, Andalucia, Spain Independent fieldwork, 2022

  • Indian Ocean Island Expedition: physical, human geography and geopolitics of the Island; discussion with Australian Governor for the Indian Ocean Islands Independent fieldwork shared with RGS-IBG, 2019

  • Atlas Mountains Human Geography Expedition - hiking across this incredible range including Mount Toubkal ascent, immersion in Berber villages, photographic documentation, documenting spoken Berber dialects, and witnessing the highest inhabited village in North Africa, Taschdirte, with a local guide and muleteers. - High Atlas Mountain range, Morocco Independent fieldwork, 2017

  • Transect of Sahara Desert from Eastern Morocco to the Algerian Border on Camel - Moroccan Sahara, Morocco Desert Expedition, 2017.

  • Walked across the Queensland tropical rainforest area, documenting the Cassowary, learning about the Djiru Aboriginal people and language, which is listed as a WWF Global 200 ecoregion - Queensland, Australia, Oceania

  • Mapped the Libyan War with the UN OCHA utilising Crisis Maps Libya, 2011

  • Egyptology research, Cairo, Egypt 2010

  • Human Geography, Cultural Migration, Linguistics, Education at British Council, Cairo - Cairo, Egypt 2010

  • Long-distance Walks in England (South West Coast Path, St Swithun's Way, Pilgrim's Way, Saints Way, Bodmin Way, Dartmoor, Brecon Beacons, Peak District, North Downs Way, Yorkshire Dales) Ongoing
  • Long-distance Walks in Europe Finland, Denmark, Provence (France), Andalucia (Spain), Camino de Santiago (Camino Ingles)
  • Long-distance Walks in Africa Egypt, Morocco
  • Long-distance Walks in Asia Hong Kong Trail (China)


  • Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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