Managing Director, MassChallenge Switzerland

Matt Lashmar

Matt is the Managing Director of MassChallenge Switzerland, which has helped 400 startups raise 500M CHF of funding and create over 14,000 jobs.

Matt joined MassChallenge in 2019 after a career at Procter & Gamble running a country and then a region, leading marketing, sales & commercial management across consumer focused and B2B businesses in developed and developing markets in Europe, and Asia.  After P&G he requalified as an International Coaching Federation coach and started working with Entrepreneurs. He specializes in helping founders stay sane as they launch their businesses whilst juggling multiple stakeholders.  At MassChallenge he’s fascinated by the opportunity of bringing together the complementary strengths of startups and corporations, which when combined have massive potential to add value to society.