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Philip Nevill Green CBE (born 12 May 1953) is a British business executive. He was chairman of
Carillion Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018. Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
from May 2014 until Carillion entered compulsory liquidation in January 2018. Green was chairman of BakerCorp from June 2011 until December 2017.


Early life

Philip Green was born on 12 May 1953 in
Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...
, Staffordshire. He graduated from University College of Swansea and completed an
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at
London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degree, Master's degrees in management and finance, Master of B ...
.


Career

From 1977 to 1980, Green was vice-president, marketing of Crayonne (USA). From 1980 to 1985, he was managing director of the home furnishing division of the Coloroll group, becoming group development director in 1985, and then managing director from 1989 to 1990. In 1994, as a trustee of the Coloroll group's pension fund, he was found guilty of a breach of trust and of maladministration of the scheme by the Pensions Ombudsman. By this time, he was working for
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, firstly as regional director for Northern Europe (1990–1994), and then as chief operating officer for Europe and Africa (1994–1999). He then spent four years with
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before being appointed as CEO of Royal P&O Nedlloyd from 2003 to 2006. From 2006 to 2011 he was chief executive of
United Utilities United Utilities Group plc (UU) is the United Kingdom's largest listed water company. It was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB. The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West En ...
Philip Nevill Green (executive profile)
Retrieved 11 June 2014, "...Green served as the Chief Executive Officer of United Utilities Group PLC (a/k/a United Utilities PLC) from March 31, 2006 to March 31, 2011. .."
27 September 2013, James Quinn, Financial Editor, The Telegraph

Retrieved 11 June 2014, "...Philip Green, the former chief executive of United Utilities..."
(succeeded by Steve Mogford), and was the chairman of the shipbroker, Clarkson. He advised the British prime minister
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on issues such as
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. In addition, he has supported several charity projects including Sentebale and ''Hope Through Action''.


Carillion

On 3 January 2018
Carillion Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018. Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
, a company chaired by Green, announced that the
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was investigating the timeliness and content of the company's announcements from December 2016 regarding its financial situation. On 15 January 2018
Carillion Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018. Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
was put into compulsory liquidation amidst widespread condemnation of its debt position and approach to risk in large contracts. Green said his responsibility was "full and complete, total – no question in my mind about that. Not necessarily culpability but full responsibility". Green was one of a number of former Carillion Directors described as "delusional characters" by
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Select Committee Chairs Frank Field (Work and Pensions) and
Rachel Reeves Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leed ...
(Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy). After further documentation and correspondence was published by the select committees, Carillion directors bosses were described by MPs as "fantasists" chasing "a pot of gold", with chairman Philip Green described by Rachel Reeves as having "either a woeful lack of leadership or no grip on reality", having advocated an "upbeat" messaging strategy five days before a profits warning. In the final report of the Parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Carillion, published on 16 May 2018, Green was described as "delusional". The report concluded: The report also recommended that the
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should consider whether the former Carillion directors, including Green, could be disqualified from acting as a director. The parliamentary process and findings have been questioned (by former Carillion directors) as lacking in objectivity and thoroughness, treating a highly complex situation in an incomplete manner. Former Carillion CEO
Richard Howson Richard John Howson (born August 1968) is a British businessman, and the former chief executive (CEO) of Carillion, a British multinational facilities management and construction services company that went into liquidation in January 2018. Howson ...
, whose letters were published by the select committees on 12 July 2018, contends that Carillion was a victim of its public sector clients and that "any analysis as to the causes of the failure of Carillion is not complete without looking at the way in which government and the wider public sector procured services from Carillion and failed to administer payments". In November 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority said some Carillion directors had "acted recklessly" and released "misleadingly positive" market updates before it collapsed. As a result, the FCA said it had sent notices to some (unnamed) former Carillion directors warning of possible enforcement action (possible sanctions include public censure, fines and suspensions from holding certain positions). In January 2021, the Insolvency Service said it would seek to ban eight former Carillion directors, including Green, from holding senior boardroom positions. A trial due to start on 16 October 2023 was cancelled after the Insolvency Service decided it was not in the public interest to pursue ex-chair Green and other directors.


Honours

Green was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(CBE) in the
2014 Birthday Honours The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens ...
for services to business and charity in the UK and South Africa.


References

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