Perhaps the most recent arrival on our list, John Gay has just been appointed as Rolls-Royce’s regional boss. Gay moves to the Middle East after a two-year posting in India, where he served as Rolls-Royce’s senior vice president of Defence Aerospace in South Asia. He began his career with the company at the age of sixteen as a technician apprentice and has held a number of key business roles including international assignments in Europe, South America and India before accepting the position of regional director, Middle East. Gay will be based from the company’s office in Abu Dhabi. Rolls-Royce is a major supplier to airlines and defence ministries, provides marine equipment and design expertise to a number of shipyards. It also has installed over 400 industrial gas turbines servicing the oil and gas industry across the region.