2026, issue 35

CEO Matthew Lee’s lifetime with the MDU

Dr Matthew Lee
MDU Chief Executive Dr Matthew Lee considers his own career and experience with the MDU.

I never had to request legal assistance, but the MDU felt like an indispensable piece of armour during my clinical career.

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Dr Matthew Lee
Chief Executive Officer, the Medical Defence Union BM, MBA, FRCP, MRCPCH, FFFLM

Matthew has been chief executive of the MDU since September 2021. He has worked at the MDU since 2000, initially as a medico-legal adviser assisting members facing complaints, disciplinary procedures and criminal investigations before becoming professional services director (with responsibility for claims handling, underwriting, legal services and the medical and dental advisory services) in 2009. He joined the MDU from a background of working as a clinical fellow in paediatric intensive care in Southampton, having trained in both anaesthetics and paediatric medicine.