Chris Moyes

Not to be confused with Chris Moyles.

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.

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]

Family

He was married to Jan and together they adopted three daughters.[5]

References

1. "Chris Moyes". Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
2. "Chris Moyes: the University pays tribute to a lost friend". Durham University. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
3. "Chris Moyes RIP". RailwayPeople.com. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2006.
4. "Annual Report 2006, p. 26" (PDF). Go-Ahead Group. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
5. "Chris Moyes" (PDF). Go-Ahead Group. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009.