Tony Wood (British businessman)

Wood earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Open University, and an MBA from INSEAD.^[3]

Wood spent 16 years working for the French company Messier-Dowty, now part of the Safran Group.^[4][5]

From May 2013 to January 2016, Wood was president of the aerospace division of Rolls-Royce Holdings.^[3] According to the Evening Standard, Wood's departure from Rolls-Royce following a restructuring "seemed an abrupt end to a high-flying career", but with his appointment as COO of Meggitt PLC, "it appears he was only biding his time".^[4]

From 2016, Wood was COO of Meggitt, and succeeded Stephen Young as CEO in January 2018.^[3]

Wood is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a Fellow of the Association of Project Management.^[3]