Difference between revisions of "Roger Carr"

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He was appointed chairman of [[BAE Systems]] plc on 1 February 2014.<ref name="BAE"> BAE [http://www.baesystems.com/our-company-rzz/our-people/board-of-directors/sir-roger-carr;baeSessionId=pbi4XxKd6wxF9bVvp40HMIM7uvQBs3cermUZAY9YRnpQpwM1WN4p!220654963?_afrLoop=2877923720639000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#!%40%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D2877923720639000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1a3qyajsud_4 Roger Carr], accessed 14 April 2015.</ref>
 
He was appointed chairman of [[BAE Systems]] plc on 1 February 2014.<ref name="BAE"> BAE [http://www.baesystems.com/our-company-rzz/our-people/board-of-directors/sir-roger-carr;baeSessionId=pbi4XxKd6wxF9bVvp40HMIM7uvQBs3cermUZAY9YRnpQpwM1WN4p!220654963?_afrLoop=2877923720639000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#!%40%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D2877923720639000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1a3qyajsud_4 Roger Carr], accessed 14 April 2015.</ref>
  
Carr was appointed vice-chair of the [[BBC]] Trust in March 2015 because he 'fits the government's keenness to introduce more trustees with business and financial backgrounds"'.<ref> Harry Blain [https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/harry-blain/bbc-and-arms-trade-silent-scandal The BBC and the arms trade: a silent scandal] ''Open Democracy'', 8 April 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.</ref>
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Carr was appointed vice-chair of the [[BBC Trust]] in March 2015 because he 'fits the government's keenness to introduce more trustees with business and financial backgrounds"'.<ref> Harry Blain [https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/harry-blain/bbc-and-arms-trade-silent-scandal The BBC and the arms trade: a silent scandal] ''Open Democracy'', 8 April 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.</ref> In response to Carr's appointment [[Campaign Against the Arms Trade]] (CAAT) launched a petition calling for him to step down suggesting 'the arms dealer’s appointment could pave the way for the broadcaster to whitewash the arms trade’s destructive impact across the globe'.<ref> RT [http://rt.com/uk/245841-bbc-arms-firms-carr/ ​BBC arms trade ties troubling, BAE boss must resign from Trust – campaigners], 1, April 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:56, 15 April 2015

Sir Roger Carr is chairman of BAE Systems plc.

Career

Carr has previously held senior appointments as chairman of Centrica plc (2004-2013), Cadbury plc, Chubb plc, Mitchells & Butlers plc and Thames Water plc; deputy chairman and senior independent director of the Court of the Bank of England; president of the Confederation of British Industry; and chief executive of Williams plc.

He was appointed chairman of BAE Systems plc on 1 February 2014.[1]

Carr was appointed vice-chair of the BBC Trust in March 2015 because he 'fits the government's keenness to introduce more trustees with business and financial backgrounds"'.[2] In response to Carr's appointment Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) launched a petition calling for him to step down suggesting 'the arms dealer’s appointment could pave the way for the broadcaster to whitewash the arms trade’s destructive impact across the globe'.[3]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 BAE Roger Carr, accessed 14 April 2015.
  2. Harry Blain The BBC and the arms trade: a silent scandal Open Democracy, 8 April 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.
  3. RT ​BBC arms trade ties troubling, BAE boss must resign from Trust – campaigners, 1, April 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.