What is John Guinness?
'''Sir John Ralph Sidney Guinness''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (23 December 1935 &ndash; 27 July 2020) was a British civil servant and businessman. Guinness was a member of HM [[Diplomatic Service]] and had worked in the [[Cabinet Office]] and was [[Permanent Secretary]] of the [[United Kingdom Department of Energy|Department of Energy]].<ref name=nuclear>{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11267996.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104153013/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11267996.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-04 | title = Nuclear power for civil servant. (John Guinness appointed chairman of British Nuclear Fuel PLC to replace Christopher Harding at the end of March next year) | access-date = 2010-08-14 | date = 1991-08-01 | publisher = [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]}}</ref> from 1991 to 1992 and Chairman of [[BNFL|British Nuclear Fuels Ltd]] from 1992 to 1993. He died on 27 July 2020.<ref>[https://epaper.thetimes.co.uk/the-times Guinness]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guinness, John}} [[Category:British businesspeople]] [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]]