Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that Sarah Armstrong will take on the role of chief people officer with effect from 1 January 2022.
She will provide “strategic leadership of our People agenda”, the engine marker said.
Armstrong will join the executive team from Civil Aerospace, where she was most recently people director. She replaces Harry Holt, whose planned departure at the end of the year was announced in October.
Rolls-Royce also said that strategic marketing director Ben Story has decided to leave the company after five years on the executive team, to pursue new opportunities.
Chief executive officer Warren East said: “Sarah has held many senior positions during her 15-year career with Rolls-Royce, providing great organisational leadership and delivering innovative people initiatives. I look forward to welcoming her to the executive team. I would also like to wish Ben well in his next endeavours.
“He was attracted to Rolls-Royce by the opportunity to help drive change across the group and in the last five years we have renewed our brand, vision and strategy and we are now well-positioned to lead the transition to net zero as a global power group and to benefit from greater digitalisation.”
