Interim Chief Development Officer
Heather Lewtas
Biography
Heather Lewtas was appointed UKAEA’s Interim Chief Development officer in May 2025.
Career highlights include:
- Head of Innovation, UKAEA
- Strategic Operations Manager and Technical Lead for Research and Development, STEP, UKAEA
- Defence and aerospace sectors
- Spacecraft instrumentation
Interim Chief Development Officer
Responsibilities include:
- development of the science campuses at Harwell and Culham
- leading on UKAEA’s work with private sector fusion companies
- intellectual property
- commercialisation of UKAEA technology