Season 5 · Episode 63 · 28 Jan 2026
63 - Dr Paul Matts
With Dr Paul Matts
“"Take a step back, look inside at the accumulated skills and abilities you've amassed across your life, but then look outward and in an unforced, organic, natural way, see if there's any means by which you can reapply yourself, all of who you are, to help those for whom you and your talent is the answer".”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
From Cardiff to Snowdonia National Park in Wales
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
In 1998 started a career with the Procter and Gamble company and is now at the top of the technical career system helping design and launch products in the Olay range, Max factor and for Dolce Gabbana in Milan. Met a retired head of dermatology from Oxford Uni who opened up the issue of skincare in resource-poor settings. This led to Paul founding an Ethiopian NGO with the vision of eradicating an issue called Podoconiosis within his lifetime, an issue that affects over 1.5 million people in Ethiopia. Since 2012 the charity has treated 37 000 Podo patients and distributed 760.000 pairs of shoes through a partnership with TOMS.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The Isle of Mull in Scotland
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
Scuba diving off the Isle of Mull and witnessing first-hand the diversity of sea-life
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Changing Faces, the world's foremost charity championing the cause of those who look different.
Q6: Insight
Location
Flyover
From Cardiff to Snowdonia National Park in Wales
Guest
🇧🇪 Surrey (UK)