Neil Andrew Patrick Carson is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies. Presently, he occupies the position of Non-Executive Chairman at Oxford Instruments Plc. Mr. Carson is also on the board of Shell Plc and The Goldsmiths' Company Charity.

In the past he was Non-Executive Chairman at Tt Electronics Plc, Chairman at Chemistry Growth Partnership, Executive Director at Johnson Matthey Plc and Chief Executive Officer for Johnson Matthey, Inc. (a subsidiary of Johnson Matthey Plc) and Member of Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group.

Neil Andrew Patrick Carson received an undergraduate degree from Coventry University.