John Matthai is a former Chief Secretary of Kerala, India.
He belongs to the 1971 batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Matthai began his career as sub-collector of Thalassery.
He held various positions such as Managing Director of State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Director of Public Instruction, and Secretary for Industries, Power and Forests and Wildlife Departments before becoming the Principal Secretary of Industries in 1996.
[2] He is the youngest brother of Moran Cyril Mar Baselios, Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.