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.
[1] Carson joined Johnson Matthey in 1980, and was appointed to the board of in 2002, and promoted to CEO in 2004.
Carson retired in 2014, and was succeeded as CEO of Johnson Matthey by Robert MacLeod.
Carson has also served as the chairman of UK government's sustainable consumption and production taskforce.
[5] Carson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the chemical industry.