Singapore Aerospace Technology Leadership Forum 2024

OUR SPEAKERS PANEL 2 - NET ZERO 2050

Simon Burr Group Director of Engineering, Technology and Safety Rolls-Royce

In 2023 Simon was appointed Rolls-Royce Group Director of Engineering, Technology and Safety. He has over a decade’s experience in senior roles in Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace including as Engineering & Technology Director, Chief Operating Officer Civil Large Engines and Project Director – Trent XWB.

Simon joined Rolls-Royce in 2012 when Aero Engine Controls, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Goodrich Corporation where he was CEO, was acquired outright.

He is a Chartered Engineer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was appointed MBE for Services to the Aerospace Industry in the UK in 2009. ROLLS-ROYCE DELIVERING AGAINST THE NETZERO ROADMAP The energy transition is transforming aviation but there is no single technology solution to achieving net zero carbon aviation by 2050. Nor is there a single entity or organisation that can do it alone. It has to be through collaboration across industry sectors, regulators, financiers and policy makers. At Rolls-Royce we are working with several industry partners and governments to act now using a three-pillar strategy. We’re leading propulsion efficiency, such as with our UltraFan suite of technologies; championing alternative fuels that can be used now; and pushing the boundaries of what’s technically possible with novel technology development, like hydrogen combustion.

This three-pillar approach to the energy transition is enabling us to make as much positive impact as possible, as soon as possible, while advocating collaboration in this shared endeavour.

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