Career
Mr Parrett was the chairman of the Board of the United States Council for International Business from April 2005 through March 2010. Since November 2007, he also occupies a board membership position at the Eastman Kodak Company. As of June 2008, Mr Parrett is a board member at Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated., at IGATE Corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland AG, the latter position he holds since October 2008.
His previous positions include a board membership at International Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the board of the United Way Worldwide and a trustee of the Catholic University of America.
He has provided service to many of the Deloitte’s leading clients serving as an Advisory or Leadership Partner, among others to General Motors, Merrill Lynch & Company, Abbott Laboratories, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Royal Bank of Canada, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Bridgestone Corporation, The Charles Schwab Corporation, Marsh & McLennan Companies and The Procter & Gamble Company. Mr Parrett graduated with a Bachelor"s degree (Bachelor of Business Administration) in accounting from Saint Francis College, New York, in 1967.
Subsequently, he acquired a title of a certified public accountants In April 2007, he was conferred an honorary degree of Doctorate for Humane Letter, from his Alma mater.