Michael Sydney Perry
Sir Michael Sydney Perry is a British businessman who was Chairman of Centrica from 1997 until 10 May 2004. He is currently on the Business Advisory Forum of Oxford Said Business School. Previously, he served as the chairman of Unilever until 1995.
Perry is the son of Lt Cdr Sir Sydney Albert Perry and Jessie Kate Brooker. He married Joan Mary Stallard and has a son and two daughters.
He was knighted in 1994. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1978, a Commander of the order in 1990 and a Knight Grand Cross of the order in 2002.