This event will be followed by a drinks reception from 7.30pm
‘Technology investment creates shareholder value’
What is shareholder value and how can investment in R&D and technology enhance it? Every year, Rolls Royce needs to justify the £900m it invests in R&D. The industrial sector it operates in is characterised by long timescales – in aerospace, for example, a new material can have a gestation period of 20 years from test tube to wing; a new aircraft takes over five years to design and certify; the aircraft could then be in service for 30 years – that’s a 60 year life-cycle.
Given the long-term nature and consequences of such investments, decisions on which horses to back in the technology race are vital. Get an insight into the strategies and criteria Rolls Royce uses to pick its winners – and prove their shareholder value – in Ric Parker’s talk.
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Ric Parker was appointed Director of Research & Technology, Rolls-Royce Group in January 2001, and is based in Derby, UK. He is responsible for direction and co-ordination of Research & Technology programmes across all the Rolls-Royce businesses worldwide.
In association with principal partner KPMG.