Rod Matthews
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Having trained as a Chartered Engineer,[1] Rod Matthews became Engineering Director at the CEGB before he went on to run a number of ICL businesses.[2]
He was awarded the MBE in 1991.[3]
In 1993 Rod Matthews established Scottish Telecom, now known as Thus, as a subsidiary of Scottish Power.[4] He remained the Chief Executive until 1999.[5]
Then in June 2000 he became President of Global Crossing Europe.[6] He left that post after just six months and became Chief Executive of VersaPoint.[7]
As of October 2008, Matthews sits on the boards of the following telecommunications companies:
References
- ↑ Keycom: About Us
- ↑ Zoom info
- ↑ "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 14.
- ↑ Vaughan-Adams, Liz (20 December 2001). "Scottish Power paves way for full demerger of telecoms arm Thus". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ↑ Hirst, Clayton (31 March 2001). "Rod Matthews in new net venture". Independent on Sunday. London. Retrieved 27 October 2008.[dead link]
- ↑ "Global Crossing Europe appoints former Scottish Telecom CEO Rodney Matthews". Tax News. 2 June 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Matthews back in telecoms business". Scotsman. 12 November 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ↑ "abica website". Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ↑ Keycom website
- ↑ "Zamano website". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
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