Warren East
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Warren East CBE FRS FREng FIET |
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| Born |
David Warren Arthur East 27 October 1961 Wales |
| Residence | Cambridgeshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Monmouth School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Salary | £1,701,564 |
| Title | CEO of Rolls-Royce Holdings |
| Children | 3 |
David Warren Arthur East CBE FRS FREng FIET(born 27 October 1961) is a British businessman and CEO of Rolls-Royce Holdings, a major manufacturing company of engines based in the UK.
East was educated at Monmouth School and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Science as a student of Wadham College, Oxford. He went on to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Cranfield School of Management at Cranfield University.
After 11 years with the chip maker Texas Instruments, East left in 1994 to join ARM Holdings, the British "fabless manufacturing" microprocessor design and software company. At ARM he established the company's consulting business.
East later became VP of business operations at ARM. Within three years he was appointed to the board as chief operating officer. East was appointed CEO of ARM Holdings in October 2001. He retired from ARM on 1 July 2013, with Simon Segars taking over.
In 2014 East became a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce Holdings and chair of the board's technology committee. In April 2015 Rolls-Royce announced that East would succeed John Rishton as CEO, when Rishton retired on 2 July.
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