Rolls-Royce taps Bell to head defense business

Rolls-Royce said this week Boeing executive Tom Bell will lead its defense business, starting this month.

Bell joined Boeing in 2015 and has worked as senior vice president of global sales and marketing for the company's defense, space and security business.

Before joining Boeing, he was president of Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace. He also previously spent more than two decades in Boeing's defense business.