Sir John Parker

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Sir John Parker is a prominent British industrialist and business leader known for his extensive career chairing major engineering and shipbuilding companies and influencing UK corporate governance.

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instanceOf businessperson
chairperson
company director
industrialist
naval architect
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Knight Bachelor
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1942-04-08
educatedAt Belfast Metropolitan College Titanic Quarter campus
surface form: Technical College in Belfast
employer Airbus
Anglo American plc
Babcock International
surface form: Babcock International Group

Bank of England
Carnival Corporation & plc
DP World
Harland and Wolff
Lattice Group
National Grid
surface form: National Grid plc

Pennon Group
fieldOfWork corporate governance
engineering management
shipbuilding
givenName John
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOf Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Society of Edinburgh
notableFor influence on UK corporate governance practices
leadership in UK engineering and shipbuilding industries
promoting ethnic diversity on UK company boards
notableWork Parker Review of Ethnic Diversity on UK Boards
placeOfBirth Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
positionHeld Board member of British Shipbuilders
Chairman of Anglo American plc
Chairman of Babcock International Group
Chairman of Lattice Group
Chairman of National Grid plc
Chairman of Pennon Group
Chancellor of the University of Southampton
Chief Executive of Harland and Wolff
Deputy Chairman of DP World
Managing Director of Austin & Pickersgill
Member of the Court of the Bank of England
Non-executive director of Airbus
Non-executive director of Brambles Industries
Non-executive director of Carnival Corporation & plc
President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male

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