I used to think they were two different people, as chairing a bank and being a science writer are not normally found on the same CV. However, it seems that he's

I used to think they were two different people, as chairing a bank and being a science writer are not normally found on the same CV. However, it seems that he's just one person (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ridley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ridley).