20th Jan 2005 10:06
20 January 2005 New Appointment to the Rolls-Royce Group plc Board Rolls-Royce has appointed Iain Conn as a non-executive director with effectfrom 20 January 2005.Iain Conn is an executive director of BP p.l.c. and has regional responsibilityfor Europe, Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa. He also has arange of functional responsibilities, including Health, Safety and Environment,Human Resource Management, Marketing, IT and Technology. He previously servedas Chief Executive of BP's petrochemicals segment, the world's third largestpetrochemicals business.Commenting on the appointment, Rolls-Royce's Chairman, Simon Robertson, said,"Iain brings a wealth of experience in running international businesses with astrong brand. I am delighted that he will be joining our Board."A biography of Iain Conn is attached.Iain ConnIn his role as an executive director of BP p.l.c. Iain Conn has regionalresponsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the MiddleEast, the Caspian and Africa. He has functional responsibility for Health,Safety & Environment, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Technology, DigitalBusiness, Security, Procurement and Pensions Operations.He was previously chief executive of BP's petrochemicals segment, the thirdlargest petrochemicals business in the world, with over 16,000 employees andlarge-scale manufacturing plants in the Americas, Europe and Asia.Before that he worked in BP's refining and marketing segment as group vicepresident responsible for BP's marketing operations in Europe. He was alsoresponsible for the integration of Veba Oel into the BP organisation and hadregional responsibility for BP in Europe. Additionally he was a member of theexecutive committee for BP's global refining and marketing business. Previouslyhe held responsibility for markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America.His career with BP began in 1986 in commercial refining and oil trading butover the last 12 years he has spent time in various roles in Exploration &Production, Refining & Marketing and in Group headquarters. He has had overseaspostings to Italy, Colombia and the United States.Iain was born in Edinburgh, educated in Musselburgh, Scotland and subsequentlystudied chemical engineering and management at The Imperial College, London.Iain is Chairman of the Advisory Board of The Imperial College London TanakaBusiness School.Personal interests include family, fishing, skiing, music (blues andclassical), saxophone, antiques, food & wine, and travel.Iain is married and has three children.For more information contact:Peter Barnes-WallisDirector of Finanical CommunicationsRolls-Royce plc65 Buckingham GateLondon SW1E 6ATTel: 020 7222 9020Fax:020 7227 9178Email: [email protected]Related Shares:
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