John Sunderland (businessman)
- John Sunderland (businessman)
Sir John Michael Sunderland is a British businessman who was President of the Confederation of British Industry from 2004 to 2006, where his priority was restoring confidence in business after a series of corporate scandals. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/05/26/cncbi26.xml] He is non-executive Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes and was previously the company's Chief Executive from 1996 to 2003. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts and was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list 2006, for services to business. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5087482.stm]
On 3rd July 2008, he returned to his old school to present the prizes on Foundation Day. In a short address, he claimed not to have any "words of wisdom", but later went on to encourage pupils to defy the impossible and defy authority on the road to success. In a short anecdote, he reminded pupils that his headmaster had, in a school report, called him "a distinctly average boy". In turn this led him to doubt nominal authority.
See also
*Confederation of British Industry
References
* http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/AboutUs/Team/jm_sunderland.htm
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