Chris Moyes
Chris Moyes OBE (26 July 1949 – 12 September 2006) was one of the founders of Go Ahead Group, one of the United Kingdom's largest transport businesses.
[edit] Career
Born in Shropshire and educated at Birkenhead School and Liverpool University, Chris Moyes went on to take a post-graduate degree at Salford University.[1]
Chris Moyes joined the National Bus Company in 1971 as a management trainee.[1] On the privatisation of the National Bus Company in 1987 he was one of the founders of Go Ahead Group: he became Deputy Chief Executive in 1999 and Chief Executive in December 2004.[1]
He became the Chairman of the Council of Durham University in 2001.[2] He was also Chairman of GoSkills, the transport Sector Skills Council, a body he had been instrumental in founding in 2004.[3]
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours List for services to transport.[3] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham.[3]
He resigned from most of his positions in July 2006 due to an undisclosed serious illness and died on 12 September 2006.[3] It was only then reported that he had been seriously ill with a brain tumour since May 2006.[3] At the time of his death Moyes owned 1.96 million shares (4.02%) of Go-Ahead's stock and was amongst its largest shareholders.[4]
[edit] Family
He was married to Jan and together they had three daughters.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Chris Moyes". Daily Telegraph. 2006-09-18. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1528791/Chris-Moyes.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Chris Moyes: the University pays tribute to a lost friend". Durham University. 2006-09-13. http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=4701. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ a b c d e "Chris Moyes RIP". RailwayPeople.com. 2006-09-18. http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/chris-moyes-rip-1153.html. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
- ^ "Annual Report 2006, Page 26". Go Ahead Group. March 2007. http://www.go-ahead.com/goahead/ir/presentations/2006pres/ar2006/ar2006.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Chris Moyes". Go Ahead Group. September 2006. http://www.go-ahead.com/goahead/storage/pdf/chief_executive.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
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