years_active successor nationality title name birth_date term article_title birth_name occupation
1967 -- present '' ` incumbent '' ' british chairman of bae systems sir roger carr 22 december 1946 2014 -- present roger carr -lrb- businessman -rrb-
 roger martyn carr businessman
roger carr -lrb- businessman -rrb-

sir roger martyn carr -lrb- born 22 december 1946 -rrb- is a british businessman , chairman of bae systems .
he attended nottingham high school and graduated with a ba in business studies from nottingham polytechnic , now nottingham trent university .
he has been on the board of eight companies : chairman of bae systems chairman of centrica plc non-executive director of the bank of england chairman of mitchells & butlers chairman of chubb locks chairman of thames water ceo of williams holdings carr 's first period on a company board began in 1994 when he became ceo of williams holdings , he later became chairman of thames water in 1998 .
in 2000 williams holdings demerged into chubb and kidde , carr became the chairman of chubb .
also in 2000 , he stepped down as chairman of thames water .
in 2003 , he became the chairman of mitchells & butlers , a british company that owns over 2,000 pubs and restaurants .
he resigned in 2008 and in june of the same year 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 kraft foods .
he has been the chairman of centrica since 2004 .
he was president of the cbi -lrb- an unpaid role -rrb- from june 2011 .
carr was succeeded in the role by sir michael rake in june 2013 .
on 12 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 dick olver as chairman in the first quarter of 2014 .
on 20 march 2015 it was announced that carr had been appointed as the vice-chairman of the bbc trust and will serve on the bbc 's governing body for 4 years .
carr was knighted in the 2011 new year honours for services to business .
