Neil Carson (businessman)


Neil Andrew Patrick Carson is a British businessman, who was the chief executive 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 chairman of the 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 in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the chemical industry.