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Our next speaker in the news: Tim Parker

Currently Chairman of the National Trust, Post Office and Samsonite, Tim Parker has enjoyed an illustrious career as CEO of a number of well-known brands including Clarks Shoes, Kwik-Fit and the AA.

Following a long line of prestigious appointments, he has most recently been appointed to the world-class opera Grange Festival’s Board of Trustees.

Described as a man with strong cultural values, Tim believes the National Trust's 300 historic homes and 620,000 acres of countryside provide a great way to bond people from different backgrounds together.

In an interview with Management Today last year, he spoke about his views on private equity and higher taxes, and says his former nickname the ‘Prince of Darkness’, attributed to him for tightening AA’s budgets, baffles those who meet him.

●     Chairman of the National Trust and Post Office, Tim Parker, joins The Grange Festival’s Board of Trustees, 27th March 2017: http://classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=4430

●     Meet the 'Prince of Darkness': Tim Parker on private equity and higher taxes, 24th March 2016: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/meet-prince-darkness-tim-parker-private-equity-higher-taxes/article/1388507

●     National Trust chairman Tim Parker says organisation must be more diverse - but not Disneyfied, 13th February 2016: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/national-trust-chairman-tim-parker-says-organisation-must-be-more-diverse-but-not-disneyfied-a6872691.html

●     Tim Parker appointed to lead Post Office transformation, 13th July 2015: http://www.bqlive.co.uk/national/2015/07/13/news/tim-parker-appointed-to-lead-post-office-transformation-22919/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&redir=true

●     Budget-slashing 'Prince of Darkness' Tim Parker to rule Post Office, 13th July 2015: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3159575/Budget-slashing-Prince-Darkness-Tim-Parker-rule-Post-Office.html

●     Immigrants should visit stately homes to feel more British, claims National Trust chairman, 28th March 2015: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/566935/Immigrants-visit-stately-homes-feel-more-British-claims-National-Trust-chairman

●     Tim Parker: Struggling firms should think long-term, 7th March 2014: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26482043