Rolls-Royce has appointed Greg Clarke as Senior Manager, Corporate
Communications, for the company's Defense North America business,
including Rolls-Royce North America Technologies Inc. -
LibertyWorks(TM), effective immediately.
Greg, who is based at the Rolls-Royce facility in Indianapolis,
Indiana, joins Rolls-Royce with ten years of corporate communications
experience with leading Fortune 500 companies.
Most recently, he served as a Senior Communications Associate in
the Global Product Communications department at Eli Lilly and Company,
overseeing communications for oncology products and related therapies.
Prior to that, he served as a Communications and Operations Manager
for Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan.
Dennis Jarvi, President, Defense North America said: "Greg's
professional perspective and experience will be invaluable as he
supports our growing defense business in North America. We are
delighted to add such a strong communications practitioner to our
team."
Greg holds a B.A. in English from Emory University in Atlanta,
Georgia and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate
School of Business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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1. Rolls-Royce operates in four global markets - civil aerospace,
defense aerospace, marine and energy. It is investing in
technology and capability that can be used in each of these
sectors to create a competitive range of products.
2. A significant and growing industry player in North America, Rolls-
Royce employs nearly 8,000 people at more than 66 US locations in
26 states and seven sites in six Canadian provinces.
3. Each year, Rolls-Royce businesses and operations in North America
generate over $3 billion in sales and the company's total U.S.
investment is nearly $1 billion. The region is home to the global
headquarters for several Rolls-Royce businesses including Energy,
Corporate & Regional Aircraft, Helicopter Engines and Defense
North America. U.S. interests hold 25 percent of Rolls-Royce
shares. More Rolls-Royce engines are built in the United States
than anywhere else in the world.
4. Rolls-Royce North America supports a wide range of customers,
including: civil and military aircraft manufacturers; commercial
airlines; corporate and regional operators; public utilities;
independent power producers; pipeline operators; and on- and off-
shore oil producers, to name a few.
5. As the world leader in military transport aircraft, Rolls-Royce
provides the engine for the new C-27J, C-130J and V-22 Osprey and
powers more than 2,800 fixed and rotary-wing aircraft currently in
service with all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. These include
such mission-critical aircraft as: the Global Hawk in service with
the US Air Force; the AV-8B Harrier and V-22 Osprey with the US
Marine Corps; the T-45 Goshawk and P-3 Orion with the US Navy; the
OH-58 Kiowa and Kiowa Warrior and MH-6 Little Bird helicopters
with the US Army; and C-130 Hercules transports with all branches.
Rolls-Royce is a key team member on the F-35 Lightning II - the
world's largest ever fighter program. The company is providing the
short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) technology with the
LiftFan(TM) system. Rolls-Royce is also partnered with General
Electric for the development of the F136, an interchangeable
engine for the F-35 Lightning II.
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