Gary Hosey, the founder of EI Company, a Master Coach, and speaker. He is passionate about people achieving their full potential both personally and professionally and a major part of his work is in the field of emotional intelligence. Gary's speaker profile says that he has been on a "colourful journey from being emotionally dysfunctional to a lea…

Gemma Muckle works as a learning and development professional and coach at The University of Manchester. In this career moment, Gemma discusses how she found the right balance between her professional career and her personal life with a growing family. By taking a bold step, Gemma has been able to flex this balance over time as her work, her person…

Giorgio Locatelli is Full Professor of Complex Projects Business at the Politecnico di Milano – the largest technical university in Italy with 42,000 students. Giorgio describes a time in his life when he had to take a big step outside his comfort zone; flying for the first time outside his native Italy to complete a 6-month work placement in Pitts…

Adrian Bull, Professor of Nuclear Energy and Society at the University of Manchester, discusses a defining career moment when family circumstances meant he had to focus on the core of his job, managing a large team at BNFL, and exclude all the peripheral activities of engaging with other people inside and outside the business. But Adrian discovered…

What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to …

What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to …

What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to …

Tom Scott is a Professor of Materials at Bristol University and also leads two spin out companies from the university: ImiTec, which specializes in the development and manufacture of novel methods for detecting, characterising and mapping radiation and Arkenlight, the Diamond Battery company which develops and manufactures micro-power sources based…

Sarah Beacock is the CEO of the Nuclear Institute. She lives in South East London and in her spare time enjoys wildlife in the garden and birdwatching. Sarah grew up in South London and really enjoyed school as a child. She also enjoyed ballet and gymnastics and joined the school hockey team. After school, Sarah went to study Environmental Science …

Jean Llewellyn is a non-executive director for the Office for Nuclear Regulations (ONR) and for the World Institute for Nuclear Security. Jean is active in her free time and likes travelling, mountaineering and cycling and is partial to wining and dining too with her husband. Jean grew up in Stockport with her two older brothers. After sixth from J…

Stacy Snook is a Nuclear Security Professional specialising in Insider Threat Mitigation at Sellafield Ltd and an Ambassador to the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS). Stacy was born and grew up in Johannesburg, where she felt she lived in an international community which she described as good fun. After six years, Stacy and her family the…

Claire Flint is a Senior Business Leader and a Non-Executive Director for a number of organisations including the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Claire lives in Oxford and enjoys walking in the countryside and grows vegetables in her garden. Claire’s favourite subject was History whilst she was …

Jon Salthouse is currently the Content Director for Owl Live, which is a Brand Experience Agency specialising in employee engagement, training and events. Jon has had over 10 years of experience of working in engagement with companies such as Google, EY and Toyota. Outside of his career Jon has an interest in classic cars, cycling and photography. …

Sara Huntingdon is the Head of Innovation in the Operations and Performance Improvement Directorate at the NDA Corporate Centre. She lives in Cricklade near Cirencester and has been building a house with her husband Mike. In her spare time, Sara loves baking. Sara grew up in Lindley, Huddersfield with her parents and sister. During her A-level, Sar…

Beccy Pleasant is Head of Nuclear Skills at the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG). Beccy lives in Anglesey in North Wales. She enjoys her countryside walks and runs which offsets her love of cooking. Beccy also finds time to runs a small holding, aiming for self-sufficiency in meat and vegetables. She is also Vice-Chair of Governors of Llangefni…

Rebecca Weston is the Chief Operating Officer at Sellafield Limited and is accountable for programme delivery and performance of the nuclear site. Rebecca grew up in Skegness and now lives in West Cumbria with her wife Tanya and toddler Max. Rebecca went to Oxford University to study Physics. Rebecca enjoyed every moment of her time at Oxford Unive…

Tom Samson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rolls-Royce SMR Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the power industry in various senior level executive positions in the UK and internationally. Tom began his career as a Chartered Engineer at GEC Alstom designing combined cycle gas fired power plants before joining Marubeni Corporation…

Melanie Brownridge is the Technology and Innovation Director at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Melanie lives in West Cumbria with her husband, Martin, and two teenage girls. In her spare time she likes to walk in the glorious countryside of the Lake District and to play her cello, piano and double base. Melanie was born in Chester but…

Dr Tim Stone is Chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association, the trade association for the civil nuclear industry in the UK, and Chairman of Nuclear Risk Insurers, a leader in nuclear insurance supporting over 300 nuclear sites around the world. Tim was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to the Energy industry. In his free time Tim likes to play c…

Georgina Hines is a Policy Analyst at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). Georgina is also Secretary of the Next Generation Nuclear Industry Council, the Shadow Theme Lead for the NSSG in its delivery of the nuclear skills agenda, and a representative of the Nuclear Delivery Group, which is working on a vision for nuclear activity for the next …

Miranda Kirschel is an avid supporter of UK Nuclear and has worked in Commercial and Business Director roles interfacing with nuclear companies for over 20 years. In her current role she is a Commercial Director for Circular1Health, which provides services to businesses to ensure their workplaces are Covid secure and able to test their staff. Miran…

Hannah Paterson is the Technical Manager for the Spent Fuel Consolidation Programme at Sellafield Ltd. She is also engaged in outreach activities, including Chair of the Nuclear Institute Young Generation Network. Hannah grew up in Aberdeen and loved school where she questioned everything with her inquisitive mind. She now lives in Cockermouth and …

Saralyn Thomas is a Senior Consultant for Nuclear Safety working for Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC) in Newbury and Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network looking after International Liaison, including COP-26. Saralyn lives just outside Oxford and in her free time likes to bake and share the cakes that she’s baked! She went to …

Andy Worrall is currently the Integrated Fuel Cycle Section Head in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Deputy Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN), a U.S Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy initiative. Andy lives in Knoxsville, just north of the Smoky …

Rob Hurlston is the Principal and Chief Engineer, Fidelis Engineering Associates based in Michigan. Rob lives in Canton, Michigan in the US with his wife Jessica and one year old son Rory. In his free time he likes to play golf. He grew up in Stalybridge near Manchester and went to West Hill School. Rob was always drawn towards Maths and Sciences a…

Melissa is the PA to the Board at NNL and also supports a number of executives and will soon move into recruitment at NNL. Mel lives in Leigh with her husband Kieron and dog Bruce and is a fan of all things sports related – she holds a season ticket for Wigan Warriors – Rugby League. She even played for Wigan Athletic Ladies football team when she …

Dave Goddard is a Fellow at NNL and a technical specialist in nuclear fuel manufacturing with over 25 years of experience supporting plants and fuel development in the UK. Dave grew up in Cambridgeshire on a small holding with around 1,000 free range chickens! He studied Physics at Sheffield University – where he met his future wife. He now lives i…

'The Conversation' To celebrate the first year of the podcast series 'Are We Nearly There Yet?’ we have a special conversation between one of the nuclear industry’s newest recruits and one of it’s earliest pioneers. Dr Tim Gregory is a geologist who did a PhD in cosmochemistry. He became a meteorite scientist at the University of Bristol and the Br…

Gwen Parry-Jones is Chief Executive of Magnox Ltd and President of the Nuclear Institute. Gwen was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to science and technology. Gwen lives on the island of Anglesey in North Wales near Wylfa power station. She also has a passion for horses. She grew up in North Wales and also in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as her dad wen…

AWNTY is entering the Manchester Publicity Inspiration Awards 2021 which recognise the amazing talent across the city, and inspiring future talent, innovation and creativity. As part of our award entry we need to showcase a selection of podcasts from the past year to showcase the variety of interviewees. If you've not heard any of our previous epis…

Charlotte Williams is the Head of Communications for the National Nuclear Laboratory. Charlotte grew-up and lives in Leigh with her husband and two boys. She enjoys running and walking to keep healthy, which counteracts her love of baking, something she developed an interest in during Covid using the months of lockdown to cheer family and friends u…

Dr Tim Gregory is an analytical nuclear chemist working at the National Nuclear Laboratory, based on the Sellafield site. He has experience as a meteorite scientist and is active in outreach, talking in schools and on the BBC sharing his passion about space and science. Tim lives in Cumbria and in his free time likes to go running, hiking, canoeing…

Robin Taylor is a Senior Fellow at the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory. He lives in Cockermouth, with his wife Anna and three teenage children. Robin grew up in Stoke where he enjoyed school and chemistry in particular as his teacher was very engaging and interactive. Robin went to Manchester University to read Chemistry and continued on to do a P…

Georgia Pawson is a Consultant Analyst a Corporate Risk Associates and the acting chair of the Next Generation Nuclear Industry Council. Georgia Pawson lives in Fulham near where she grew up. She went to boarding school at Wycombe Abbey. Georgia was diagnosed as dyslexic during primary school and found the pressure during her GCSEs overwhelming and…

Arun Khuttan is an Engineer at Magnox Ltd, a member of the Next Generation Nuclear Industry Council and also the COP26 lead for the UK Nuclear Institute Young Generation Network. Arun grew up in Slough and went to Herschel Grammar School and now lives in Bristol with friends. He enjoyed sciences at school as well as music where he played an Indian …

Maggie Brown works with EDF UK at their Hinkley Point C site. She leads on Supplier Relationship Management and previously led their innovation programme. Maggie grew up in Ottawa Canada and now lives in Bristol with husband Sam and two-year old Mya. In 2003, Maggie studied for a BA in Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal. Followin…

Callum Thomas is the founder and CEO of Thomas Thor Associates providing recruitment, executive search and consulting services to the global nuclear industry and major infrastructure projects. Callum is also Chairman of KeySource Global. He is also a co-founder with Monica Mwanje of Inclusion and Diversity in Nuclear which aims to support and enabl…

Fiona Reilly is Managing Director of FiRe Energy and a Strategic Advisory Board member of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and Non-Executive Director of Ansaldo Nuclear. Fiona grew up in a village called Reed in the Ribble Valley and went to school in Burnley. She now lives in Weighbridge. Fiona studied Law at university before completing a m…

Tom Greatex is a Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). Tom was born in Ashford in Kent and grew up in Tunbridge Wells, attending a local grammar school. During his time at school, he learnt to question and challenge actions and has continued to so throughout his career. Tom now lives in in Oxfordshire near Culham and is married…

Nichola grew up in Warrington in Appleton and still lives in Warrington now with her husband Chris, son Harry and four dogs. Nichola thought that she wasn’t particularly academic at school and preferred art and drama. She went on to study Health & Social Care at College with the idea of becoming a Social Worker whilst working part time at British T…

Julianne joined PA Consulting last year and is Global Head of Nuclear. She also sponsors the PA’s Women Networks and works with Women in Nuclear on their leadership programme. She lives in Southport with her husband David also known as ‘Mr A’ and two children Oliver and Lucy who are at primary school age - and has been doing plenty of home schoolin…

Mike lives in Preston with Wife Janet and his son and daughter who live nearby. He grew up in West Cumbria and lived in a small village Keekle in a single row of houses between Cleator Moor and Whitehaven. He went to Whitehaven Grammar School and then went on to West Cumbria College in 1976. Mike joined Calder Hall power station in 1975 when he was…

Reuben grew up in Hawarth, Yorkshire and then moved to Cumbria before starting secondary school in Millom. Reuben enjoyed taking part in competitive sports when he was younger and particularly enjoyed tennis. He was also heavily involved in the Air Cadets and after four years at the Air Cadets he became the highest ranked cadet in his squadron. Reu…

Jack Gritt lives in Gloucestershire with her 2 dogs and is the founding member and former president of Women in Nuclear UK and still works as an advisor and is an executive board member of Women in Nuclear Global. She has 3 children who all live locally to her. In her early years she grew up in Buckinghamshire. She started out her journey by starti…

Clare Barlow lives in Preston with her husband Warren and daughter Hannah and is the HR Director and Board Member at the National Nuclear Laboratory. Clare grew up in Liverpool and really enjoyed school. She loved maths and went on to do maths A level. After leaving school, Clare decided against going to university and went on to work at CBS Batter…

Andrew Sherry is Special Advisor UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and Research Professor at The University of Manchester. He lives in Manchester with his wife Sue and has two grown up daughters. Andrew grew up in South East London and went to school at Dulwich College. He really loved sports and music and wasn’t particularly academic during his tim…

Nassia Tzelepi was fascinated by science from a young age growing up in Greece. It led her to read Molecular and Laser Physics at the University in Crete. Her career journey took her from 40°C heat in Greece to horizontal rain in West Cumbria to work in the UK nuclear industry. Nassia talks about discovering her purpose and her inner desire see the…

Professor Gerry Thomas is Director of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank and Professor of Molecular Pathology at Imperial College London. She has an experienced career in research, including becoming a Research Associate at the Department of Pathology in the University of Wales, College of Medicine and then became an MRC Postdoctoral Scientist at the Univer…

Dame Sue Ion, is an independent expert and advisor on nuclear power. Sue initially started life in Carlisle before moving to Preston at the age of eight. Sue went to Penwortham Girls Grammar School where she enjoyed the science subjects and learnt things that weren’t in the syllabus in the science club. Her chemistry teacher introduced her to mater…

Robert is the Senior Strategic and Economic Advisor for the Nuclear Innovation Research office (NIRO) within the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Robert was born in Vancouver, Canada and now lives in Cumbria and is a qualified Sub-Aqua Ocean Diver and enjoys walking and cycling in his free time as well as volunteering.…