John Parker is a qualified metallurgist and former Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion who spent most of his working life in the power industry. He was Chairman of the British Standards Institute Corrosion Committee and UK Representative on both the International Standards Organisation and European Federation of Marine Corrosion, Committees.
His hobbies include Family, Literature, Genealogy, Orienteering and Road Running. John is married with three children and lives in Wiltshire. He may often be found amongst his fellow stragglers near the back of the field in the Saturday morning Swindon Park Run.