Alan C. Parker
{{Distinguish|Alan M. Parker}}
{{Short description|British businessman (born 1946)}}
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| birth_name = Alan Charles Parker
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| nationality = British
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| alma_mater = University of Surrey
| occupation = Businessman
| known for = CEO of Whitbread, 2004-10
| title = Chairman, Mothercare
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Alan Charles Parker {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE}} (born November 1946) is a British businessman, chairman of Mothercare, and former CEO of Whitbread.
Early life
Career
Parker was CEO of Whitbread from June 2004 until he retired on his 64th birthday, in November 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/profiles/8081483/When-Alan-Parker-moved-Whitbread-from-beer-to-hotels-no-one-got-it-they-do-now.html|title=When Alan Parker moved Whitbread from beer to hotels no-one got it, they do now|first=Andrew|last=Cave|date=23 October 2010|publisher=|accessdate=9 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
He has been non-executive chairman of Mothercare since August 2011.
Parker is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey.
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Category:Alumni of the University of Surrey
Category:British chief executives
Category:British hospitality businesspeople
Category:Chief executives in the hospitality industry