Nationality British Successor Incumbent Occupation Businessman Name Roger Carr | Years active 1967–present Role Businessman Term 2014–present | |
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Full Name Roger Martyn Carr Born 22 December 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-12-22 ) Title Chairman of BAE Systems Similar People Dick Olver, Nigel Rudd, Ian King | ||
Sir Roger Martyn Carr (born 22 December 1946) is a British businessman, Chairman of BAE Systems. He attended Nottingham High School and graduated with a BA in Business Studies from Trent Polytechnic.
He has been on the board of eight companies:
Career
Carr's first period on a company board began in 1994 when he became CEO of Williams Holdings, he later became chairman of Thames Water in 1998. In 2000 Williams Holdings demerged into Chubb and Kidde, Carr became the chairman of Chubb. Also in 2000, he stepped down as chairman of Thames Water. In 2003, he became the chairman of Mitchells & Butlers, a British company that owns over 2,000 pubs and restaurants. He resigned in 2008 and in June of the same year became the chairman of Cadbury plc, the United Kingdom's largest confectionery manufacturer. He resigned on 3 February 2010, when the company was bought by Kraft Foods. He has been the chairman of Centrica since 2004. He was President of the CBI (an unpaid role) from June 2011. Carr was succeeded in the role by Sir Michael Rake in June 2013.
On 12 June 2013 BAE Systems announced that Carr was to join the Board as a non-executive director and chairman designate on 1 October 2013, and that he would succeed Dick Olver as chairman in the first quarter of 2014. On 20 March 2015 it was announced that Carr had been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust and will serve on the BBC's governing body for 4 years.
Carr was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to business.