Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Directorate Change (0053V)
December 08 2021 - 6:32AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0053V
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
08 December 2021
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
8 December 2021
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS WENDY MARS
AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rolls-Royce today announces the appointment of Wendy Mars as a
Non-Executive Director. Wendy will join the Board with effect from
8 December 2021 and, on appointment, she will become a member of
the Nominations & Governance Committee.
An engineer by training, Wendy is currently President of Cisco's
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia region, a $13 billion
revenue business. She oversees diverse teams of over 14,000
employees, across sales, engineering and innovation, in 123
countries, driving technology transformation and sustainability for
customers across a broad range of sectors.
Wendy joined Cisco in 2008 and has held various senior
positions. Prior to this, she worked at ThruPoint, a global
consultancy and provider of technology solutions serving as the
Global CTO, having begun her career in IT with Morgan Stanley.
Anita Frew, Chair of Rolls-Royce, said: "I am delighted to
welcome Wendy to our Board. She is an experienced global
engineering and technology leader who brings current expertise in
transformation, automation and data across a broad range of
businesses. Her insights into the technological transformation of
complex global organisations, innovation and sustainability will
bring great value to the Board's discussions."
Wendy Mars said: "I am excited to be joining the Board of
Rolls-Royce, and by the opportunities to use data within its
best-in-class engineering context."
There are no matters that would require disclosure under 9.6.13R
of the Listing Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority in
respect of the appointment of Wendy Mars.
For further information, please contact:
Media
Richard Wray
Director of External Communications & Brand, Rolls-Royce
plc
Tel +44 (0) 7810 850055
Richard.Wray@Rolls-Royce.com
Investors
Isabel Green
Head of Investor Relations, Rolls-Royce plc
Tel +44 (0) 7880 160976
Isabel.Green@Rolls-Royce.com
www.Rolls-Royce.com
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 (excluding product testing
and joined the UN Race to Zero campaign in 2020, affirming our
ambition to play a fundamental role in enabling the sectors in
which we operate achieve net zero carbon 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 GBP11.76 billion in 2020 and we
invested GBP1.25 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 LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69
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