People: Centrica PLC (CNA.L)

Sir Roger Carr is Chairman of the Board of Centrica Plc. He joined the Board as Non-Executive Director in 2001. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in May 2004 and is Chairman of the Nominations Committee. He has been nominated to be the next president of the CBI from June 2011 and from January 2011 was appointed deputy president. He is a director on the Court of the Bank of England and he is also a senior adviser to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. He has previously held a number of senior appointments including chief executive of Williams plc and chairman of Chubb plc, Thames Water plc, Mitchells & Butlers plc and Cadbury plc. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, a visiting fellow to the Said Business School, Oxford and is a companion of the Institute of Management. Throughout his career he has served on a number of external committees including the Manufacturing Council of the CBI, Higgs Committee on Corporate Governance and Business for New Europe.