Colin Green, president of Defence Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, has been elected as president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). He becomes the Society’s 64th president.

Green became president of Defence Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, in March 2001 following over 30 years at the group and has been on its board of directors since 1986. During his presidency, he will be joined by Kevin Smith, CBE, chief executive of GKN, as the incoming vice-president, Martin Broadhurst, managing director of Cambridge Aerospace, as treasurer and Gordon Page, chairman of Cobbham, as past president.