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RNS Number : 9283X  Rolls-Royce Holdings plc  10 January 2022

 
 10 January 2022

 

 

ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS ROB WATSON TO EXECUTIVE TEAM

AS PRESIDENT - ELECTRICAL

 

 

Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR.,ADR:RYCEY) announces that Rob Watson has joined the
Executive Team as President - Electrical with effect from 1 January 2022. Rob
has led Rolls-Royce Electrical since October 2017, having previously held a
number of senior corporate and business roles across the group during his ten
year career with us. This follows our announcement, at our half year results,
that from the beginning of this year we will report Rolls-Royce Electrical as
a separate line item in our financial statements, alongside our three
established business units and Rolls-Royce SMR.

 

Rolls-Royce Electrical offers aviation customers a complete electric
propulsion system for their platform, whether that is an electric vertical
takeoff and landing (eVTOL) or commuter aircraft. In 2021, Rolls-Royce
Electrical announced partnerships with Vertical Aerospace, Eve and Tecnam and
also staked the claim for the world's fastest all-electric aircraft with the
Spirit of Innovation.

 

  Warren East, CEO, Rolls-Royce, said: "Rob has played a fundamental role in
building our Rolls-Royce Electrical business, which is leading us into
exciting new advanced air mobility markets as we look to create significant
commercial opportunities from the transition to net zero. I would like to
welcome him to the Executive Team."

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Sarah Jones

Marketing & Communications  - Rolls-Royce Electrical

sarah.jones2@rolls-royce.com (mailto:sarah.jones2@rolls-royce.com)

 

M +44 (0)7968 906 469

 

Richard Wray

Director of External Communications & Brand

 

richard.wray@rolls-royce.com (mailto:richard.wray@rolls-royce.com)

 

M +44 (0)7810 850055

 

 

Notes to editors:

 

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

      1. Rolls-Royce pioneers the power that matters to connect, power
and protect society. We have pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas
emissions in our operations by 2030. We joined the UN Race to Zero campaign in
2020, and have committed to ensuring our new products will be compatible with
net zero operation by 2030, and all products will be compatible with net zero
by 2050.

 

2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than
400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces and navies, and more than
5,000 power and nuclear customers.

 

3. Annual underlying revenue was £11.76 billion in 2020 and we invested
£1.25 billion on research and development. We also support a global network
of 28 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at
the forefront of scientific research.

 

4. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a publicly traded company (LSE:RR., ADR: RYCEY,
LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69).

 

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