Matthew Nell is the Founder & Director of Shisaka Development Management Services (Chairman of the Board). He has over thirty years of experience with urban and housing development and management issues.
He also runs a development consultancy, Shisaka Development management Services.
Nell spent fourteen years with The Urban Foundation (a privately funded urban development foundation) where he headed up their housing division. In this capacity, Nell oversaw the establishment of key housing finance and micro-credit institutions and public funding interventions.
Nell has also been responsible for the overall management and direction of the National Housing Forum, which was responsible for negotiating the new National Housing Policy and assisting South Africa’s new democratically elected government. Through Shisaka, Mr. Nell’s consultancy work has provided advisory services to the state, the private sector and the non-governmental sectors.