Versarien plc announced that Matt Walker, Head of Outward Direct Investment at the UK Government's Department for International Trade ("DIT") has joined Versarien on a secondment for a minimum of 12 months. During this period he will work exclusively for Versarien and will be Head of International Strategy and Government Relations. Since the DIT's creation on 13 July 2016, the Secretary of State for International Trade has been clear that the DIT should support UK businesses with their overseas investments and has named this as one of the department's priorities. A key reason for this is because academic research suggests that companies who invest and/or export overseas are more profitable. More profitable UK companies are, therefore, extremely valuable to improving and benefitting the overall UK economy.