[2] Carter then studied economics at Durham University and joined an investment bank as a trainee after he graduated.

[5] He was president of McKesson Corporation's International Operations Group and was responsible for the company's product portfolio.

He helped resolve funding problems that surrounded Manchester's hosting of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Carter also led government reviews into the Criminal Records Bureau, offender management, the procurement of legal aid, national athletics, public diplomacy, and pathology services.

Carter was ranked by the Health Service Journal as the ninth most influential person in NHS England in 2015.