Warren East

Chief Executive Officer at Rolls-Royce

Warren graduated from the University of Oxford’s Wadham College with a degree in Engineering Science. He then went on to earn a Master of Business Administration degree from the Cranfield University School of Management as well as honorary doctorates from Newcastle and Cranfield. He became a non-executive of Rolls-Royce plc in January 2014 and subsequently became Chief Executive Officer in July 2015. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Warren spent 11 years with Texas Instruments and joined ARM in 1994. He was later appointed to the board as Chief Operating Officer and in 2001 he became Chief Executive Officer, a role he held until leaving the company in 2013. Under Warren’s leadership, ARM matured into an established FTSE100 business, the world’s leading Semiconductor IP licensing company with an outstanding record of innovation and a strong commitment to research and development.

Warren is a fellow of the Royal Society, a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a distinguished fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT and a companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year’s Honours List for services to engineering and technology.