Simon Henley

Simon Henley FRAeS is a former Royal Navy officer, and a former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Early life

He attended Collyer’s Grammar School in West Sussex, studying maths, physics and chemistry. He gained a BSc degree in mechanical engineering at the Royal [Naval Engineering College] in Plymouth in 1979.

Career

Royal Navy

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

Henley joined Rolls-Royce in July 2008. He became chief executive of Europrop International 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.