John Matthews Managing Director, EMCOR Engineering Services

John started as a technician apprentice in the mechanical and electrical (M&E) industry in 1966 and has built up a wealth of experience from his involvement in many of the UK's most prestigious construction engineering projects including The O2 arena, the Bullring centre in Birmingham, as well as many schools, commercial buildings, hospitals, data centres and other challenging construction engineering projects.

John worked for Drake & Scull International between 1980 and 1986 on various projects in Singapore, Nigeria and Tanzania and then worked for two other major mechanical and electrical (M&E) contractors before returning to EMCOR in 2003 in his current role as Managing Director of EMCOR Engineering Services (EES). Over the last five years, EMCOR Engineering Services has won many awards including 13 consecutive years of RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Health & Life Safety awards, Considerate Constructors, Contract Journal and Quality in Construction awards.

John believes in the importance of fostering long-term client partnerships; focusing on delivering high quality projects for key customers with an emphasis on delivering at all stages of the engineering project - from conception to completion. This means ensuring that our customers truly recognise the added value we can bring through understanding their needs and then developing innovative engineering solutions with first class delivery capabilities. This approach of both engineering and commercial excellence is supported by an industry leading customer feedback programme, and continuous employee training and development.

He currently lives in the Midlands with his wife, and when possible pursues his interest in travel. John has been known to play the odd round of golf, usually badly.