Paul Matthews has taken the helm as managing director for First’s bus business in West Yorkshire.
Mr Matthews has joined the business from sister company Bristol and the West of England where he has been managing director since June, 2013. In his new post, Mr Matthews will report to Dave Alexander, regional managing director for Northern England and Scotland.
Mr Matthews was previously chief executive of the UK arm of French-owned transport group RATP Dev.
His role there included overseeing the Metrolink tram operation in Manchester.
He also oversaw London United, operating almost 700 buses across the capital; Bournemouth Yellow Bus and Bath Bus Company, which operates open-top bus tours of many tourist locations in the UK.
Between 1995 and 2006, he was managing director of Go North East, where he developed partnerships with local authorities across the region.
Mr Matthews joined First Group in 2012 to support the reshaping of its UK bus business..
