Sir John Parker is Chairman of National Grid. He is joint Chairman of Mondi, Deputy Chairman of DP World (Dubai), Non-Executive Director of the Carnival Cruise Line Group, a Member of the International Advisory Board of Citigroup and Chancellor of the University of Southampton. His career has spanned the engineering, shipbuilding and defence industries, including some 25 years’ experience as a Chief Executive Officer with Harland & Wolff and the Babcock International Group. He studied Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering at the College of Technology, Queens University, Belfast.
