Rod Matthews

Roderick Alfred Matthews MBE (born 1943) is a British businessman, involved in the telecoms and IT sector, as well as the founder of Scottish Telecom, now known as Thus.

Career

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:

  • abica, a UK-based business telecoms provider and MVNO[8]
  • Keycom, a UK-based provider of internet access to student accommodation.[9]
  • Zamano, an Irish provider of content to mobile network operators.[10]

References
  1. Keycom: About Us
  2. Zoom info
  3. "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 14.
  4. Vaughan-Adams, Liz (20 December 2001). "Scottish Power paves way for full demerger of telecoms arm Thus". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  5. Hirst, Clayton (31 March 2001). "Rod Matthews in new net venture". Independent on Sunday. London. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  6. "Global Crossing Europe appoints former Scottish Telecom CEO Rodney Matthews". Tax News. 2 June 2000. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  7. "Matthews back in telecoms business". Scotsman. 12 November 2000. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  8. abica website
  9. Keycom website
  10. Zamano website


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