Stephen Daintith

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Biography

Mr. Stephen Daintith served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director & Board Member at Rolls-Royce. He serves as a Non-executive Director and is a Member of the Valuations, Nominations & Audit and Compliance Committee at 3i Group. He graduated from the University of Leeds in 1985, with a BA in Economics and Accounting, and started his career with Price Waterhouse (now PwC) where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. In his time at Price Waterhouse, he was based in London and Chicago and worked with a variety of clients across many different sectors. Following roles at Forte plc and the UK Civil Aviation Authority, he joined British American Tobacco (BAT) in 1996. In his nine years with BAT, he held several executive positions including finance director in South Africa and Pakistan and chief executive officer in Bangladesh and Switzerland. In 2005, he moved into the media sector and joined News Corporation as CFO of News International before moving to New York in 2008 to take on the role of CFO and COO of Dow Jones, also part of the group. In 2011, he became the CFO of Daily Mail and General Trust plc and remained in this role before joining Rolls-Royce in April 2017.