Rear Admiral Simon Henley FRAeS (born 1 March 1957)[1] is a former Royal Navy officer, and a former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Early life

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He attended Collyer’s Grammar School (since 1976 The College of Richard Collyer[2] from 1969–75, a sixth form college) in West Sussex, studying maths, physics and chemistry. He gained a BSc degree in mechanical engineering at the Royal Naval Engineering College (RNEC) in Plymouth in 1979.

Career

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Royal Navy

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Henley worked for 32 years in the Royal Navy as an engineering officer until 2007. He was Project Director for four years of the UK part of the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Rolls-Royce

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Henley joined Rolls-Royce in July 2008. He became chief executive of Europrop International[3] in December 2010, which builds the Europrop TP400 for the Airbus A400M Atlas.

Henley served as President of the Royal Aeronautical Society from 2018 to 2019.

References

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  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ 2018 RAeS Handbook
  3. ^ Rolls-Royce
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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
2018-2019
Succeeded by
Professor Jonathan Cooper