Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim UKAEA Group Chief Executive Officer
Dr Tim Bestwick OBE
Biography
Tim Bestwick was appointed UKAEA’s Interim Chief Executive Officer in July 2025.
Career highlights include:
- Chief Development Officer and Deputy CEO, UKAEA
- Chief Technology Officer and Director of Strategy, Communications & Business Development, UKAEA
- Executive Director, Business & Innovation at the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
- Non-Executive Director of the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus.
- Chair of the Eureka Network (the world’s largest international business to business innovation network).
- Non-Executive Director of ten start-up technology companies.
- ‘Innovation Sector Champion’ Award from AIRTO - the membership body for organisations operating in the UK’s innovation, research and technology sector.
- Chair of The Space Partnership Board
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Duties include:
- Accounting Officer and responsible spend of public funds
- day-to-day leadership of the UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Head of the UK Atomic Energy Authority fusion laboratory
Previous roles in government
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Chief Financial Officer, Director of Property and Corporate Services
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Chief Development Officer