Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, has been named chief executive of aerospace technology company Smiths Industries, of London, UK, from November. He succeeds Sir Roger Hurn, who will continue as chairman. Butler-Wheelhouse has been chief executive of Saab Automobile in Sweden for the past four years, and will become an executive director of Smiths in August.
Source: Flight International
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