Matt Bishop

Matt is a Formula 1 communications expert, journalist, editor, biographer and novelist. One of the founding ambassadors of Racing Pride and a leading advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion, he has worked alongside some of Formula One’s most prominent figures including vocal LGBTQ+ advocates Sir Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. He has served as Communications Director for the McLaren and Aston Martin Formula One teams and was a member of the senior leadership team of W Series.

He is now a regular columnist for Motor Sport Magazine, a presenter of the podcast And Colossally That’s History, and Managing Director of Diagonal Comms. Matt also authored The Boy Made The Difference (2020); a novel set amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis and based on his experiences volunteering for London Lighthouse which was a leading centre for the treatment of HIV/AIDS at the height of the crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s.