Helen McCabe

Helen McCabe will be joining the Board of Rolls-Royce later this year as Chief Financial Officer, bringing more than 25 years of experience in senior finance and performance management roles within complex multinational engineering organisations. Helen is currently senior vice president, finance for the Customer & Products division of BP, which runs the company’s customer-focused business. She also holds accountabilities for BP’s global refining portfolio. Helen has considerable international experience having previously been chief financial officer of BP Downstream’s fuels and refining Europe & Southern Africa businesses. Prior to that, she spent four years as head of planning and performance management for the downstream division, helping to drive the successful transformation of the business and dramatically improve its financial returns. Helen started her career with Ernst & Young where she trained and qualified as a chartered accountant after graduating from the University of Cambridge with as BA in history.

Helen has a track record of promoting rigorous financial discipline and her experience of delivering performance management to achieve dramatic improvements will be invaluable as the Group moves, at pace, to transform Rolls-Royce. Her skillset will complement the existing capabilities of the Executive Team, contributing to Rolls-Royce delivering on its significant potential.