Margaret was appointed Executive Vice President of Human
Resources – Operations and UK Employment and Skills Policy for
Rolls-Royce in March 2005, with accountability for all aspects of
HR strategy and implementation for gas turbine operations in the UK
and professional HR support in Operations worldwide, and
accountability for UK employment policy, skills policy and learning
delivery.
She joined Rolls-Royce in 1978, initially in Employee Relations
and has carried out specialist and generalist HR roles in a number
of Rolls-Royce businesses. From 1993 to 1998 she was responsible
for the Company’s UK training centres and for the delivery of
training for employees. In 1998 the Company’s reorganisation
provided Margaret’s next challenge as HR Director for Operations
where, as a member of the Operations Executive team, she provided
functional leadership and direction for the HR Directors and their
teams during a period of significant change. Four and a half years
later, in August 2002, she became Director of Career Development,
and became Director of Learning and Career Development on 1 January
2003.
Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Margaret worked for a small
engineering Company, where she was responsible for personnel and
factory logistics.
She was born in 1954 in Yorkshire and was educated at Todmorden
Grammar School and Girton College, Cambridge, where she obtained a
first class honours degree in English. She also has an MBA from
Loughborough University.
Margaret is on the Board for Science, Engineering and
Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA), the SEMTA Appointments and
Remuneration Committee and a Governor at Chellaston Technology
School.
Margaret is married with three daughters. Her interests include
sailing, walking, drama, reading, and writing revues and
musicals.