The Better Boards Podcast Series What really matters in the boardroom in 2020 and beyond | Sir John Parker, Chair Pennon PLC and Laing O'Rourke, Director of Carnival Corporation & PLC and lead NED at the Cabinet Office.
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I am honoured and humbled that Sir John Parker is joining me in this episode.
Sir John has earned a reputation for his “tough” approach at the helm of the UK´s largest companies and is associated with a number of major Corporate turnarounds.
Sir John is Chairman of Pennon PLC and the Engineering and Construction Group Laing O’Rourke. He is also Non- Executive Director of Carnival PLC and Carnival Corporation. He was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2011-2014. He stepped down as Chairman of Anglo American PLC in 2017, National Grid PLC in 2011 and as Non-Executive Director of Airbus in 2018.
His career has spanned the Engineering, Shipbuilding, Paper, Utility, Energy, Mining and the Defense industries. He has over 25 years experience as a CEO including Harland & Wolff and the Babcock International Group.
Sir John also chaired the Court of the Bank of England between 2004 and 2009. Sir John has Chaired the Government’s commissioned independent review into the ethnic diversity of UK boards since 2016.
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