Why is it that the most prominent UK engineering company goes outside the firm to bring in top leadership and who's education and background has nothing to do with the complex engineering product being designed, produced and sold? Is there not a path to the top for a bright, well rounded engineer to be groomed for the top position within the firm?
In 1971 Rolls Royce went into administrative receivership and then was nationalized. At the time the company was being run by engineers but their published accounts were being used as a classic example of a company heading for financial collapse.