Sir Roger Carr President

Sir Roger Carr is chairman of Centrica plc, deputy chairman & senior independent director of the Court of the Bank of England and is president of the Confederation of British Industry.  He is also a senior advisor to KKR - the world's largest private equity company.  In addition, he is a visiting fellow of Said Business School, University of Oxford and a commissioner on the Commission for Ownership.

He has previously held a number of senior appointments including chairman of Cadbury plc, chairman of Chubb plc, chairman of Mitchells & Butlers plc, chairman of Thames Water plc and chief executive of Williams plc. 

Throughout his career he has served on a number of external committees including the Manufacturing Council of the CBI, The Higgs Committee on Corporate Governance and Business for New Europe.  He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce and is a Companion of the Institute of Management.

He was knighted for services to Business in the Queen's New Year's Honours list 2011.