Mr. Tom Bell is President Defence and President Chief Executive Officer of Rolls‐Royce North America of the Company. Prior to his current role, Tom was senior vice president of global sales & marketing for defence, space & security at The Boeing Company. Before joining Boeing in 2015, Tom was President of Rolls‐Royce Defence Aerospace having joined as President, Customer Business, North America in mid‐2012. Previously he had spent over two decades with Boeing in a variety of leadership positions within the defence, space and security business and began his aerospace career with Lockheed Martin in human space flight.