Matthew T. Page is a leading public intellectual focused on corruption and kleptocracy worldwide. In May 2023, the Putin regime banned him from entering Russia because of his anti-corruption work. Matthew is a longtime associate fellow with Chatham House. Prior to 2016, he served as the U.S. intelligence community’s top Nigeria expert. His first book Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know (2018) is one of the “three books you need to understand Nigeria,” according to the Washington Post. He is an alumnus of Oxford University and King’s College London.