the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Industry and to Wales. He was knighted by HM The Queen at an investiture in Buckingham Palace. Matthews has received honorary doctorates from the University of Wales (Glamorgan and Swansea) and Carleton University. In 2006, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Engineering) from the University of Bath. In 2011, he was appointed Patron of the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute at Cardiff University. On 29 December 2017, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) for his exceptional achievements as a high-tech entrepreneur and investor, and for his contributions to community development through charitable endeavours. He was invested by the Governor General of Canada at Rideau Hall on 20 November 2018. Personal life His daughter, Karen, is executive director at Wesley Clover Parks. His son Owen lives in Victoria, British Columbia, is a General Partner at Wesley Clover, and is founder and chairman of the Alacrity Foundation. His youngest son Trevor is an actor, founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures. See also List of Canadians by net worth List of people from Ottawa References External links Wesley Clover website Wesley Clover Welsh billionaires Canadian billionaires Welsh landowners Businesspeople from Ottawa British technology company founders British Telecom people 20th-century Canadian businesspeople 21st-century Canadian businesspeople 20th-century Welsh businesspeople 21st-century Welsh businesspeople Canadian chairpersons of corporations Canadian technology company founders Canadian real estate businesspeople Canadian hoteliers Canadian computer businesspeople Canadian investors Canadian technology chief executives Businesspeople in software Welsh knights Businesspeople awarded knighthoods Knights Bachelor Canadian Knights Bachelor Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Swansea University People associated with the University of Wales Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Officers of the Order of Canada People from Newbridge, Caerphilly People from Newport, Wales Welsh emigrants to Canada Welsh company founders Nortel employees 1943 births Living people Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire