Enjoy the journey as you don’t know where it’s going to take you! Paul Howarth, CEO, NNL

Paul is Chief Executive of the National Nuclear Laboratory. He is also Chair of the Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations (AIRTO), Chair of BHR Group and a Non-Executive Director at the National Physical Laboratory.  If that wasn’t enough, he also holds a professorial position at the University of Manchester in nuclear technology.

Paul lives in Cheshire with his wife Victoria and three boys.

He studied Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham before beginning his career working on the European Fusion Programme where he completed his PhD in nuclear physics.

He then moved to BNFL Instruments at Sellafield and subsequently worked in Japan on technology transfer in the semiconductor industry and also the Japanese nuclear programme and later worked for BNFL product development. Following this Paul went to work for Dame Sue Ion in the Energy Unit.

Paul co-founded the Dalton Nuclear Institute and worked for the US organisation Battelle alongside US National Laboratories on management and operation (M&O) contract development. In 2009, he was part of the M&O team that was awarded the contract to run NNL. Paul was appointed as Chief Executive for NNL in 2011.

He has extensive experience in the nuclear industry working on sites in the UK and overseas covering operations, commercial and research portfolios. He has worked with a broad range of stakeholders across Government, industry and academia and more recently has worked in the research, technology, and innovation sector beyond nuclear.

In his spare time Paul enjoys riding his bike and playing hockey.

To find out more visit: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/paul-howarth-35322048