Michael Parker

Mike Parker is Group CEO of BNFL. He was born in Liverpool and educated in the North West of England, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester and an MBA from the Manchester Business School.

He began his career with Dow in 1968, serving in a wide variety of jobs in research, manufacturing and the commercial area. His first job for Dow was in research and development. He moved on to become a production engineer followed by appointments in a series of commercial and business leadership roles. International experience has seen him working in the USA, UK, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

He was President and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, USA from November 2000 to December 2002 and a member of the company's Board of Directors from 1995 to February 2003.

He has also been a board member of the American Plastics Council, the American Chemistry Council, the Dow Corning Corporation and the National Legal Centre for Public Interest in America.

He was appointed as Group Chief Executive of BNFL on 1 August 2003 and joined the Invensys plc Board as a Non–Executive Director on 24 May 2006.