Rolls-Royce’s Chief Executive Warren East will leave at the end of 2022 after leading the engine maker for eight years during the most turbulent period in the company’s history.
The FTSE 100 engine maker said it was looking for a replacement for East, who took over after a series of profit warnings and directed Rolls through the aviation industry’s greatest crisis.
Anita Frew, Rolls’s chair, said: “Warren has led Rolls-Royce to a point where we have substantially delivered on our recent commitments to investors and are now firmly set on the path to a more prosperous and sustainable future.”
