New appointment at QinetiQ
Posted on 20 Oct 2016 and read 3067 times
The current head of finance of engineering giant Rolls-Royce is to become the chief financial officer (CFO) of multi-national defence-technology company QinetiQ, which has its headquarters in Farnborough.
David Smith will take up the role when David Mellors leaves Qinetiq on 31 December to join defence firm Cobham.
According to the Hampshire firm, Mr Smith has made “an important contribution to restoring confidence in Rolls-Royce, improving financial systems and delivering the early stages of its transformation”.
Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, he was CFO of technology group Edwards. He has also been the chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover and held a number of senior finance positions at Ford.