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]

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