Sir Roger Martyn Carr (born 22 December 1946) is a British businessman. He is the chairman of

BAE Systems BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe, and ranked the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. ...

, a position he will relinquish in 2023.

Early life and education

Carr was born and grew up in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

, the son of a

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father and

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teacher mother. After leaving school he worked for

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as a

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and the company sent him to read business at

Trent Polytechnic Trent may refer to: Places Italy * Trento in northern Italy, site of the Council of Trent United Kingdom * Trent, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Germany * Trent, Germany, a municipality on the island of Rügen United States * Trent, California, ...

. He was eventually poached by

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, and installed mainframes in some of Britain's biggest companies. He attended

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and graduated with a BA in

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from Trent Polytechnic, now

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

Career

He has been on the board of eight companies, including

Centrica Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and gas to consumers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the largest su ...

plc,

Mitchells & Butlers Mitchells & Butlers plc (also referred to as "M&B") runs circa 1,784 managed pubs, bars and restaurants throughout the United Kingdom. The company's headquarters are in Birmingham, England. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange an ...

Cadbury plc Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mar ...

Chubb Locks Chubb Locks is a former brand name (expired 2010) of the Mul-T-Lock subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group, which manufactures locking systems for residential, secure confinement and commercial applications. History Chubb was started as a ship's ...

Thames Water Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a large private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshir ...

and

Williams Holdings Williams Holdings was a major British conglomerate. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The company was established by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan in Derby in 1982 to acquire under ...

. Carr's first period on a company board began in 1994 when he became CEO of

. In 2000, Williams Holdings demerged into Chubb and

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, and Carr became the chairman of Chubb. In 1998 Carr became chairman of Thames Water, stepping down in 2000. In 2003 he became the chairman of Mitchells & Butlers, a British company that owns over 2,000 pubs and restaurants. He stepped down as chairman in 2008. He became chairman of Centrica in 2004. In 2008 Carr 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

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. Carr was

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in the

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for services to business. He was President of the

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from June 2011. Carr was succeeded in the role by Sir

Michael Rake Sir Michael Derek Vaughan Rake (born 17 January 1948) is a British businessman, former chairman of BT Group, former chairman of Worldpay Group plc, Worldpay and a director of S&P Global. He served as president of the Confederation of British Indu ...

in June 2013. In 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

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as chairman in the first quarter of 2014. In March 2015 it was announced that Carr had been appointed as the vice-chairman of the

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and would serve on the BBC's governing body for four years.

Other interests

Carr is the chairman of the

English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Roger 1946 births Living people British chief executives in the energy industry People from Nottingham Alumni of Nottingham Trent University BAE Systems people British chairpersons of corporations Centrica people Knights Bachelor Mitchells & Butlers People educated at Nottingham High School Thames Water