Matt Hancock: MP for West Suffolk & former Health Secretary

We paid a visit to Matt Hancock MP to get his views on all things business. Best known for his role as Health Secretary, Matt also says he is looking to come back to his roots in business – having previously worked at the Bank of England and seeing first-hand his parents’ experience of the ups and downs of running a company.

In the interview, Matt talks about the work he is doing around dyslexia, FinTech and cryptocurrency; and the headwinds hitting the UK economy.

Here’s what we covered in our chat with Matt Hancock MP

- Who is Matt Hancock? (0:28)
-  You're dyslexic and you have been doing a lot of work around this. Could you tell us about this?  (1:13)
- Many successful business leaders didn’t do well at school, but state education has been criticised for not focusing enough on business-focused skills and helping those that are different. Does more need to be done? (3:28)
- Do you think the education system is too rigid because the set curriculum doesn’t work for everybody as we’ve discussed?  (5:03)
- You mentioned your background at the Bank of England. What is your prognosis for the UK economy? (6:43)
-  Can more be done to help with the issues businesses have around finding the talent they need? (9:56)
- Do you think people will look back on how the events of 2020  and think that the government actually handled it well? (11:54)
- What do you see as the biggest challenges for business leaders going forward? (14:34)
- You have been talking a lot lately about crypto – why have you been doing that? (15:50)
- Do you think that crypto might democratise investing? (18:25)
- How do you compare the UK to the likes of the EU, USA and Singapore in terms of innovation? (20:05)
- What is your message to investors who will be looking at the UK? (20:47)
- There are unprecedented amounts of capital available to businesses but could this result in a consequence of companies not achieving product-market fit and raising for raising’s sake? (22:00)
- What is your message to business leaders who have become disengaged with politics? (23:25)
- Are there any business leaders that you admire? (24:35)
- What is one fact about you that we can't find online? (25:25)

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