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.
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:
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