Overview
Mathew Nebu joined Marlborough Highways in 2014 as a Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Manager. Since then, he has grown alongside the business, taking on increasing responsibility across health and safety, environmental management, sustainability and digitalisation.
Today, as Director of Health & Safety, Environmental & Sustainability and Digitalisation, Mathew plays a key role in shaping how Marlborough continues to evolve. Mathew champions a culture of continuous improvement and safe delivery, helping turn strategic ambitions into practical action through strong leadership, collaboration, innovation and the effective use of technology.
Background
After graduating from MG University, Mathew began his career in Singapore as a QHSE Consultant.
Working across multiple sectors, Mathew developed a broad understanding of how organisations manage risk, improve performance and adapt to evolving standards. This experience continues to inform his approach, helping him and his team translate our ambitious environmental goals into practical solutions that deliver lasting value.
His time overseas also broadened his perspective, strengthening his appreciation of different approaches to problem-solving and improvement. These experiences helped shape his forward-thinking leadership style and belief that progress comes from challenging established ways of working and remaining open to new ideas.
Sustainability
Mathew works collaboratively with teams across Marlborough to identify opportunities to reduce environmental impact, improve performance and support the transition towards more sustainable highways delivery.
This includes supporting the transition towards lower-emission vehicles and plant, strengthening carbon data and reporting, and working with operational teams, clients and supply chain partners to explore lower-carbon materials and more sustainable methods of delivery.
His approach combines long-term ambition with practical action. By understanding where the greatest opportunities lie, encouraging new ideas and supporting teams to implement change, Mathew aims to make sustainability an integral part of how Marlborough plans, delivers and continually improves its work.
For him, leadership means looking beyond current requirements, anticipating future challenges and helping the business build the capability to respond. The ambition is not simply to keep pace with change, but to help Marlborough lead by example and create lasting value for its people, clients and the environment.
Fact file
Marlborough Highways
- Job title: Director of Health & Safety, Environmental & Sustainability, Digitalisation
- Start date: May 2014
- Department: HSESD
- Location: Head Office, Chelmsford
- Reports to: Strategic Delivery Director
Professional background
- BE Graduate from MG University, India
- QEHS Consultant across multiple industries
- NEBOSH – National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety
- Level 6 NVQ Occupational Health & Safety Practice
Skills
- Health & Safety and Environmental Leadership
- Sustainability Strategy and Delivery
- Digital Transformation and Innovation
- Data Analysis and Performance Reporting
- Strategic Thinking and Collaboration
Quote
“The industry is constantly evolving, and that is what motivates me. Every challenge presents an opportunity to learn, innovate and find a better way forward. I’m proud of how far we’ve come, but I believe leadership is about looking ahead, challenging ourselves to do better and bringing people together around a shared ambition. For me, sustainability and digitalisation are not just about meeting today’s requirements; they are about building a safer, smarter and more responsible future for Marlborough, our clients and the communities we serve.”
Mathew Nebu
Director of Health & Safety, Environmental & Sustainability, Digitalisation
Marlborough Highways
Mathew’s career at Marlborough
Mathew joined Marlborough in May 2014 and has witnessed, and contributed to, significant developments in both his role and the business.
Initially focused on quality, health, safety and environmental management, his remit has expanded as Marlborough has grown and sustainability has become an increasingly important part of how the business operates and delivers its contracts.
Over the years, Mathew has helped strengthen environmental management, improve performance reporting and embed more sustainable practices across the business. His leadership increasingly brings together people, processes and technology, enabling teams to make better-informed decisions and identify opportunities to work more safely, efficiently and sustainably.
Mathew’s leadership of the business’s digitalisation project, Quest, reflects his belief that technology and high-quality data can drive business improvement when combined with the experience and judgement of the people who use them.
One of the most rewarding aspects of his career has been seeing sustainability evolve from a specialist responsibility into a more integrated part of everyday decision-making across the business. For Mathew, lasting progress comes from bringing people with you, creating shared ownership and turning good intentions into measurable improvements.
“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
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