Rolls-Royce appoints first female finance chief in boardroom shake-up

Helen McCabe joins from BP where she worked alongside Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic

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Rolls-Royce has appointed its first female finance chief as part of a boardroom shake-up by the chief executive, Tufan Erginbilgic, who has promised to instil a winning culture" at the engineering and aerospace firm, whose past performance he has criticised.

Helen McCabe will start in the role later this year, taking over from Panos Kakoullis, who has only been in the job since March 2021. She joins from BP, where she had previously worked alongside Erginbilgic, who was named the CEO of Rolls-Royce last year and took up the role at the start of 2023.