Matti Speaker Agency

The right voice
changes how a room thinks.

Strategic Conversations for Executive Audiences

About Matti
Speaker Agency

Matti Speaker Agency is a boutique European advisory specialising in keynote speakers for executive audiences, with chapters in Indonesia and California. We work with corporations, governments and international organisations worldwide across geopolitics, strategic leadership, technology and AI transformation. 

We are not a catalogue. We measure ourselves by the quality of the strategic conversations we help create. 

Johann Profile Founder

Founder & CEO

Johann Matti

For over fifteen years, Johann Matti has been advise corporations, governments and international organisations on speaker selection and executive event strategy, globally. His exclusive clients have included former State Presidents, Ministers, Nobel laureates, globally recognised economists, and business leaders from a wide range of industries.

Johann’s career spans financial services, humanitarian crisis management, international development, executive education and the global speaker industry — across Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. Clients do not engage MSA simply because of its network. They engage MSA because of Johann’s judgement — his ability to understand the strategic context behind an event, the decisions a leadership team is trying to make, and the perspective most likely to change how an audience thinks.

"I work the same way with everyone — direct, warm and without unnecessary complexity. Life is too short to make things complicated.”

MSA remains intentionally small. Every engagement is led personally by Johann, from the initial conversation through speaker selection and final delivery. No intermediaries. No account handovers. Senior advice at every stage.

Our Approach : Strategic Curation

Most speaker agencies begin with a catalogue.

We begin with your strategic challenge.

Every engagement starts with a single question: what is your organisation actually navigating right now?

Then, we intellectually decode those challenges before recommending any name. We call this Strategic Curation.
It is the discipline of understanding a leadership challenge deeply enough to know which perspective will genuinely shift how a room thinks. It is not talent brokerage or catalogue management. It is discernment built on experience, context and long-term relationships.

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What We Deliver

Strategic Advisory

We decode your business context and strategic objectives before recommending anyone.

Curated Access

Access to Johann’s direct relationships with presidents, Nobel laureates, intelligence leaders and globally recognised economists.

Speaker Preparation

Comprehensive briefing tailored to your audience and objectives. The conversation on stage is better because the work beforehand is serious.

Seamless Delivery

Fee discussions, contracting, briefing coordination and ongoing client communication — end to end.

Senior Partnership

Johann works personally on every engagement. Direct, responsive, without unnecessary layers.

Selected Client Feedback

“What distinguishes MSA is its ability to understand the strategic context before recommending a speaker. That perspective allows MSA to connect organisations with voices that genuinely add value.”

Professor Ian Goldin

Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford

“Johann Matti and Matti Speaker Agency combine strategic insight with a genuine understanding of both speakers and clients. Johann has a rare ability to connect organisations with the right expertise and perspectives, creating meaningful conversations around leadership, geopolitics and the challenges shaping today’s world.”

Ralph Goff

Former CIA Chief of Operations for Europe and Eurasia, 6-time Chief of Station

“For over ten years, MSA has delivered exactly the right voice for MIPIM — former heads of state, Nobel laureates, leading economists. Johann treats every client as a genuine partner, not simply a transaction.”

Emmanuelle Gueppe

Conferences & Partnerships Director, MIPIM

“For our CXO Forum, MSA curated speakers across geopolitics, government and technology — each one precisely matched to our audience. The depth of understanding behind those recommendations was exceptional.”

Christel Lerouge-Finet

Global Head of Strategic Marketing, Capgemini

” I am so impressed by the impact Johann achieves through his network and passion for matching minds and missions!”

Claudia Olsson

Futurist & Founder, Stellar Capacity