Colin Matthews CBE FREng

Biography

Chair of Highways England from December 2014 to May 2020.

Previously, Colin was appointed Chair of the Highways Agency in July 2014, he was also Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport (formerly BAA), a Non-Executive Director at Johnson Matthey PLC and Non-Executive Chairman at Renewi PLC. From 1 November 2017 he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of EDF Energy Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the EDF Group.

Colin’s employment record also includes: Chief Executive, Severn Trent Water PLC; Chief Executive, Hays PLC; Managing Director, Transco Ltd; Engineering Director, British Airways PLC.

He holds an MA in Engineering and an MBA, and is a Chartered Engineer.