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Matt Highfield

Director

Deloitte Consulting LLP
Greater Minneapolis, Minnesota

Matt is a Minneapolis-based Director with Deloitte Consulting’s Real Estate & Location Strategy (RE&LS) market offering. Over an 18 year consulting career, Matt has helped scores of companies develop and execute location and market entry strategies. Matt areas of expertise include location and global footprint strategy, site selection, enterprise footprint optimization, occupancy strategy, and incentive negotiations for both domestic and international clients. Matt’s experience extends to a broad spectrum of corporate functions including Manufacturing, Research & Development, Customer Care,, Distribution, Shared Services, and has consulted across a broad array of industries including; Consumer Business, Energy, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Automotive, Retail, Technology, Process Manufacturing. In addition to serving corporate clients, Matt has experience in advising economic development agencies in the development of winning business attraction strategies.

Matt has led engagements in field assessing over 25 countries including: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED

North America

Industries

Energy	IT	Automotive
Medical and Life Sciences	Financial	Advanced Manufacturing
R&D	Apparel	Logistics, Warehouse and Distribution

PAST CLIENTS

Abbvie	American Express	Capital One
Cargill	Deloitte	Johnson & Johnson
Lego	Meta	Moderna
Salesforce	Thermo Fisher	Volkswagen
Warner Brothers

PERSONAL NOTE

Matt Highfield has his BA in Geography from Macalester College and his MA in Applied Geography from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.