Jonathan May, Managing Director, Arriva North East

Jonathan May, Managing Director, Arriva North East

Jonathan May, Managing Director, Arriva North East

May has headed Arriva’s North East bus business since October 2007.

He joined from FirstGroup, where he enjoyed rapid progression through the ranks over a period of nine years. May joined FirstGroup’s graduate management trainee scheme in 1998 after completing a degree in medicine at the University of Birmingham. After holding various roles, including a spell as operations manager at First Manchester’s Oldham depot, May got his big break in January 2003 when, at the tender...