Matthew Thompson
Managing Director, Sport, Leisure & Hospitality

Matthew joined Compass Group in June 2007 from Centrica, where he was Commercial Director.

His career at Centrica saw him in a variety of roles from head of strategy and acquisitions through to MD of the information services business unit. In recent years as Commercial Director, he had responsibility for procurement and the supply chain across the Group.  He was also Finance Director for the company wide IS activities.

Previous to Centrica, Matthew worked for Glaxo Wellcome in an international role, he has run his own business, and initially was a strategy consultant for a number of years.

He has a degree in modern history and an MBA from London Business School.