Matt Ellis
Matt Ellis is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Universal Music Group (UMG). As CFO, Ellis is responsible for leading global financial operations across UMG and its subsidiaries. He is based in Santa Monica and reports to UMG Chairman and CEO, Sir Lucian Grainge.
Ellis joined UMG following a 10-year tenure at Verizon Communications where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this role, he led all finance activities, including Controllership, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations, FP&A, Internal Audit, Corporate Development, and Business Transformation. Prior to Verizon, Ellis held multiple senior finance positions at global food company Tyson Foods Inc., where he served as Vice President and Treasurer from 2010-2013.
Ellis was born in the U.S. and raised in the UK. Prior to moving back to the U.S. in 1997, Ellis held early career roles as a Commercial Accountant at Dixons Stores Group and as an Audit Supervisor at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC). He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and earned a BCom (Accounting) from the University of Birmingham in the UK.
