Simon Ricketts

Biography

Simon Ricketts is Chief Information Officer of Rolls Royce PLC, a position he has held since 2010, where he is accountable for IT and business process transformation. He has extensive experience of leading large and complex cross functional transformation programmes, in particular IT, manufacturing, logistics and customer service.

His career has also included:

  • 4 years at Scottish and Newcastle PLC as Chief Information Officer
  • 14 years at Cadbury Schweppes during which period he was respectively:
    • Managing Director of outsourcing group ITNET
    • Group Operations Director of the Trebor Bassett Group
    • CIO of Cadbury Schweppes Plc
  • 10 years at British Steel, holding positions in Operational Research, production and IT

Simon also has broad experience serving as a non-executive director; most recently at the National Savings and Investment Bank, where for 7 years he sat on the main Board and Audit Committees. Prior to this has held non-executive director positions with the Strategic Thought Group, and ITNET PLC.