Matthew Riley (born February 1974) is a British businessman and the founder and executive chairman of Daisy Group, a UK-based provider of business communications and IT services.
Riley left school at the age of 16 and entered a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) as a trainee fax machine engineer with the Burnley-based office technology company, FH Brown.
Riley later worked as UK sales manager for the German telecommunications company DeTeWe AG, a position he held until 1999. In 1998, he founded Daisy Executive Search & Selection, followed by Coms Care in 1999, where he served as chief executive officer until the company was acquired in 2001.
In 2001, Riley established Daisy Group. The company expanded through a series of acquisitions, listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2009 before returning to private ownership in 2014. In 2018, it was acquired by a consortium led by Toscafund in a deal reportedly valued at ã1.6 billion, with Riley resuming his role as chairman. In May 2025, Daisy Group merged with Virgin Media O2.
Outside of Daisy Group, Riley has held non-executive roles, including chairman of the audit and remuneration committees of Time Out Group and non-executive director of Tialis Essential IT PLC. He appeared as a guest interviewer on the BBC Television series, The Apprentice in 2011 and 2012.
Riley has received several UK business awards, including: