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Neil Andrew Patrick Carson OBE (born 15 April 1957) is a British businessman, who was the chief executive (CEO) of Johnson Matthey, a British multinational chemicals and precious metals company, from 2004 to 2014.

Early life

Carson grew up in south London and attended Emanuel School. He has an engineering degree from Coventry University.

Career

Carson joined Johnson Matthey in 1980, and was appointed to the board of in 2002, and promoted to CEO in 2004. Since 2010, Carson has been a non-executive director of AMEC plc.

Carson retired in 2014, and was succeeded as CEO of Johnson Matthey by Robert MacLeod.

Carson is a member of the advisory board for the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. Carson has also served as the chairman of UK government's sustainable consumption and production taskforce.

Honours and awards

In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Anglia Ruskin University.

Carson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the chemical industry.

References

1. "Neil Carson: Executive profile and biography". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
2. "Robert MacLeod to Succeed Neil Carson as Chief Executive of Johnson Matthey - Johnson Matthey". matthey.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
3. "SCI - Profile Neil Carson OBE". soci.org. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
4. "CEO interview: Neil Carson, Johnson Matthey - Give sustainability 'your best shot'". Ethical Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
5. "Neil Carson Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, 2010". Anglia Ruskin University. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
6. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B11.

• Living people
• 1957 births
• Businesspeople from London
• British chief executives
• British corporate directors
• Alumni of Coventry University
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• People educated at Emanuel School