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William T. Powers (Will) is Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer of Rolls-Royce North America Inc. In this role, he is responsible for all North American finance functions, including accounting, treasury, corporate development, business assurance, corporate risk management, taxation and sales finance. He also serves as a member of the Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Board of Directors and its Government Security and Audit Committees.
From 1995 until returning to the U.S. in June 2000, he was Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce Capital Limited, based in the UK. Before that, he was Director - Mergers & Acquisitions for Rolls-Royce plc.
In 1994 he served as General Manager Sales Finance, Rolls-Royce Inc., based in the U.S. He first joined Rolls-Royce in 1989 as Treasurer and Head of Customer Finance.
Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, he was with Barclays Bank plc's Aerospace Industry Unit from 1982 to 1989.
Will serves on several corporate and non-profit Boards of Directors. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Exostar LLC and The Women's Center of Northern Virginia. He serves on the Industrial & External Advisory Board for the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace at The University of Virginia's School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. He is also on the Dean's Advisory Council for The University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and The Villanova University's Villanova Business School. Will joined the Board of Directors at Lord Corporation in August 2007; he serves on its Audit Committee.
Will is a graduate of Villanova University's School of Business where he earned a B.S. in Economics. He also earned a Masters of Business Administration in Banking and Finance from The Lubin School at Pace University in New York City, NY. | 