Warren East

He was appointed to the board in 2000, and CEO in 2001. After some 30 years in the semiconductor industry he left ARM in 2013, having developed ARM into the world’s leading semiconductor IP licensing company. By 2022 ARM chip volumes were in excess of 30 billion units per annum.

He was appointed CEO at Rolls-Royce in April 2015 with a mission to modernise, grow capacity alongside profitability and determine future direction for a net zero world. He left Rolls-Royce at the end of 2022, having achieved record cash flows, restructured to significantly enhance operational gearing and then steered the business successfully through the Covid-19 disruption. Under Warren’s leadership Rolls-Royce also achieved with world speed record for Electric flight and demonstrated Hydrogen combustion in an existing aero engine.

He has also served on the boards of several major engineering and technology companies since 2007, including BT Dyson and Micron, and is currently a non-executive at ASML and Tokamak Energy. He is a FIET, FREng, FRS, Dsit FBCS, and CBE.