Rolls-Royce has announced that John Rishton has chosen to retire as Chief Executive on 2 July 2015. He will be succeeded by OM Warren East, whose appointment follows an extensive international search.

Warren East was CEO of ARM Holdings from 2001 to 2013. Under his leadership ARM became one of the world’s leading developers of semi-conductors with an outstanding record of innovation and a strong commitment to R&D. Warren has been a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce since January 2014.

He attended Monmouth School between 1973 and 1980 and is one of the School’s most successful business leaders.

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