National Highways announces the appointment of Diego Oliva as a non-executive director

National Highways announced today that Diego Oliva has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director.

National Highways manages, maintains, and enhances more than 4,300 kilometres of England’s key motorways and A-roads.

Diego has vast knowledge of international leadership roles in the technology sector, having worked as Facebook’s regional director for EMEA for six years.

Glue, a company that connects actual physical objects to the internet so they can all gather and share data, is the business he co-founded and serves as CEO of at the moment.

Diego is a limited partner at Wamda Capital, White Star Capital, and Earlybird Venture Capital, three venture capital (VC) funds.

Dipesh J Shah OBE, National Highways Chairman, said:

“I am delighted to welcome Diego to the Board. Now, more than ever, digital technology will transform how we build, maintain, operate and use our roads and play a vital role in making them safer, greener and cleaner. Diego’s extensive experience will help us on our journey, and in particular, how we connect with our customers, the users of our roads.”

Diego said:

“I’m honoured to join the National Highways’ board and am looking forward to helping connect people and communities more safely, efficiently and sustainably. In particular, I’m looking forward to help to improve customer experience using technology.”