John Rose has been appointed managing director of the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, based in Derby, UK. He succeeds John Sandford, who will return to R-R Inc, of Reston, Virginia, as president and chief executive. Sandford will continue as a director of R-R in the UK. Rose, now deputy managing director of the Aerospace Group, was previously president and chief executive of R-R Inc, where he was succeeded by George Davis, previously senior vice-president for military programmes, who retires in February.
Source: Flight International