Our governance
Details of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's governance structure.
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, established under the Atomic Energy Act 1954.
The UKAEA organisation chart
You can find the latest UKAEA’s organisation chart on data.gov.uk.
The UKAEA Board
The UKAEA Board’s principal role is to oversee the strategic aims and objectives of UKAEA and to ensure that effective arrangements are in place to provide assurance on risk management, governance, and internal control. The Board meets 6 to 8 times per year and has 3 sub-committees:
- the Audit and Risk Assurance sub-committee
- the People and Remuneration sub-committee
- the Programme Advisory Committee sub-committee
The UKAEA Board members
- Mr Bernard Taylor CVO, CBE, DL - Chair
- Dr Tim Bestwick OBE - Interim UKAEA Group Chief Executive Officer
- Ruth Elliot - Chief Financial Officer, Director of Property and Corporate Services
- Lee McDonough - Non-executive Director
- Dr Luc Bardin - Non-executive Director
- Air Marshal Dame Sue Gray DBE CB MSc, FREng, FIET - Non-executive Director
- Richard Hookway - Non-executive Director
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier KCB CBE DFC ADC MA RAF - Non-executive Director
- Professor Sir Robin Grimes FRS FREng - Non-executive Director
- Professor Mary Ryan - Non-executive Director
- Claire Flint - Non-executive Director
Register of interests
We maintain and publish a register of interests which includes declarations of interest made by members of the board of directors. In addition, at the commencement of each board meeting, members of the board are required to declare any interests.
View the UKAEA register of interests
UKAEA Board meeting minutes
2026
2025
Meeting notes from earlier meetings can be found on the National Archives website.