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Sir Thomas John Parker, GBE, FREng (born 8 April 1942) is a British businessman. He is currently Chairman of Anglo American PLC (until 31 October 2017) and Ombu Group, and a Director of Airbus and Carnival Corporation & plc. He is also past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, patron at the Centre for Process Innovation and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford. Sir John has chaired five FTSE 100 companies, including National Grid plc, from which he stood down in December 2011. He was born into a farming family in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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- Early life
- Career
- Recognition
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
He attended Belfast College of Technology (since 1991 called Belfast Metropolitan College). In 1958, at age 17, he joined Harland and Wolff as an apprentice naval architect (engineer). At Queen's University Belfast he was awarded a DSc (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture.
Career
Recognition
He was knighted for services to defence and shipbuilding in 2001. He was also the Chancellor of the University of Southampton, from 2006 to 2011, as well as being a governor of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Other appointments have included membership of the Prime Minister's Business Council for Britain and non-executive director at the Bank of England. He was President of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects from 1996–9. In 2012, he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), for services to Industry and to the Voluntary Sector. He was conferred with Honorary Fellowship of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 2012.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1983. He was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2014.
Personal life
Married Emma, a former Latin teacher and pianist in 1967; two children: Graham, an artist and writer, and Fiona, an environmental scientist; two grandchildren. Emma graduated in Latin and Psychology at Queens University Belfast. She has a love of literature and is a keen pianist, chorister and gardener. In addition, she keeps a watchful eye on three grandsons (aged 13, 11 and five) who live nearby in Devon and a fourth grandson (three) who lives in Pennsylvania (USA). Sir John’s recreational pursuits include reading, music and sailing (Member of the Royal Yacht Squadron).