Matillion

Matthew Scullion and Ed Thompson are the entrepreneurial duo behind Matillion, a UK-based software company that enables leading organisations to integrate, transform and manage data in cloud-based environments. Scullion founded Matillion in 2011 after around 15 years working in commercial IT and software development across British and European systems integrators. He serves as chief executive officer and drives strategy, global expansion and customer growth. Thompson, chief technology officer and co-founder, holds a degree in computer science from the University of Salford and previously worked for IBM as a software consultant for 11 years before teaming up with Scullion to launch Matillion.

Under their leadership, Matillion evolved from a regional start-up in Greater Manchester into a global company with dual headquarters in Manchester (UK) and Denver (US) and a valuation that surpassed £1bn. Their collaboration blends Scullion’s strategic vision with Thompson’s technical execution: they identified early the advent of cloud-based data storage and processing and pivoted the company’s product to meet the emerging need for scalable “extract-transform-load” tools for cloud-native data warehouses. Their product launches—especially from 2014 onwards—set the foundation for rapid growth, investment success and international expansion.

Today, Scullion and Thompson continue to steer Matillion’s innovation, focusing on how data teams can extract actionable insights, automate pipelines, and accelerate analytics workflows. Through their leadership the company has become one of the UK’s most successful tech-scale-ups, challenging legacy data-integration models and positioning itself at the forefront of cloud data transformation.