Rolls-Royce Holdings plc announced the appointment of Paul Adams as a Non-Executive Director. He will join the Board with immediate effect and will become a member of the Nominations & Governance Committee, the Safety, Ethics & Sustainability Committee and the Science & Technology Committee. Paul has spent much of his career with Pratt & Whitney where he held various senior management roles including chief operating officer before serving as president until 2016. He left Pratt & Whitney to become chief operating officer at Precision Castparts, the world's supplier of aerospace metal, castings and forgings, a position he held until his retirement in 2018. Rolls-Royce announced that Nick Luff will assume the role of Chair of the Audit Committee with immediate effect, following the release of preliminary results. Rolls-Royce also announced that Dame Angela Strank will be appointed Chair of the Safety, Ethics & Sustainability Committee following the Company's Annual General Meeting on 13 May 2021.