Matt Valente

Matt Valente

Matt has over 22 years of experience spanning the UK Government, the military, the private sector, and the United Nations system. Across these roles, he has worked at the intersection of leadership, transformation, and capability, with a consistent focus on helping organizations adapt to changing operational and workforce demands. He is a digital talent and AI-enabled transformation leader working at the intersection of HR, technology, and organizational change. At the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), he leads digital talent acquisition and talent management initiatives, while also contributing to broader efforts to modernize workforce systems and rethink how organizations prepare for an AI-shaped future. He has been closely involved in designing and building UNIQTalent, an AI-enabled talent and HR platform created to improve recruitment, workforce insight, and decision-making across the employee lifecycle.
Alongside his operational leadership, Matt is part of UNICC’s emerging AI Nervous System work and has a strong research and practical interest in human-centred AI transformation. His work focuses on how AI can augment, rather than replace, human judgement; how organizations can redesign roles and processes responsibly; and how HR can help lead the transition to more adaptive, skills-aware, and AI-enabled ways of working across the UN system.