Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Directorate Change (2509I)
June 16 2017 - 2:02AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2509I
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
16 June 2017
16 June 2017
ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS BEVERLY GOULET
AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rolls-Royce today announces the appointment of Beverly Goulet as
a Non-Executive Director. She will join the Board with effect from
3 July 2017 and will become a member of the Nominations and
Governance Committee and the Audit Committee.
Beverly, a US national, has most recently been serving as a
senior executive with American Airlines Group from which she will
retire at the end of June 2017. Formerly a practising lawyer, she
joined American Airlines in 1993. Her recent roles included Chief
Restructuring Officer, helping lead American Airlines through its
successful emergence from Chapter 11, and Executive Vice President
and Chief Integration Officer, leading the integration of American
Airlines and US Airways. Earlier in her career she was Vice
President - Corporate Development and Treasurer. She is currently
Chair of American Airlines Federal Credit Union.
Ian Davis, Chairman of Rolls-Royce, said: "Beverly has deep
functional expertise in finance, strategy and in legal and
governance matters and she knows the airline industry extremely
well. I believe she will be a valuable and committed member of the
Board and will bring very relevant expertise and experience to our
decision making."
Beverly Goulet said: "I am delighted to be joining the
Rolls-Royce Board at this time. This is an exciting time for the
group and I am looking forward to working with the team to ensure
Rolls-Royce continues to develop and strengthen its businesses for
the benefit of all stakeholders."
Save as disclosed above, there are no further details to
disclose under paragraphs 9.6.13 R (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules
in respect of Beverly Goulet.
About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
1. Rolls-Royce's vision is to be the market-leader in high
performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global
reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer
relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses:
Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power
Systems.
2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries,
comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed
forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than
5,000 power and nuclear customers.
3. We have three common themes across all our businesses:
-- Investing in and developing engineering excellence
-- Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which
will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities
and processes
-- Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and
engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding
service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into
the future.
4. Annual underlying revenue was GBP13.8 billion in 2016, around
half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The
firm and announced order book stood at GBP80 billion at the end of
2016.
5. In 2016, Rolls-Royce invested GBP1.3 billion on research and
development. We also support a global network of 31 University
Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the
forefront of scientific research.
6. Rolls-Royce employs almost 50,000 people in 50 countries.
More than 16,500 of these are engineers.
7. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate
recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2016 we
recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide
training programmes.
For further information, please contact:
Investors:
John Dawson
Director of Investor Relations
Rolls-Royce plc
Tel +44 20 7227 9087
Email jcdawson@rolls-royce.com
Media:
Richard Wray
Director of External Communications
Rolls-Royce plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 7227 9163
richard.wray@rolls-royce.com
www.Rolls-Royce.com
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