Nuclear Institute members were invited over the summer to vote for new members to join the Board of Trustees. We were delighted to have received 7 nominations by the closing date. We can now reveal the results, with the following candidates elected to the Board:
- Kirsty Armer FNucI, Westinghouse
- Hannah Paterson, Sellafield Ltd.
We would like to extend our huge thank you to John Clarke FNucI, who is stepping down after seven years on the Board, including a term as President in 2018-2019.
You can view the updated list of the Board of Trustees here.
Nuclear Institute President-elect
The Board has also nominated a President-elect who will take over when current President Dr Fiona Rayment OBE FNucI concludes her term. The President-elect will be Professor Adrian Bull MBE HonFNucI.
Professor Adrian Bull MBE is Associate Director at the Dalton Nuclear Institute, where he is the BNFL Chair in Nuclear Energy and Society. He joined the University part-time in 2021, following 40 years in the UK nuclear industry with BNFL, Westinghouse and latterly the National Nuclear Laboratory, where he was External Relations Director for 10 years.
His Dalton activities focus on Government policy around nuclear and energy, and on stakeholder and community engagement on nuclear issues. Adrian is also a consultant with US-based specialist nuclear communications company Full On Communications.
“I’m proud beyond words to be invited to take up the role of Nuclear Institute President – as well as being both honoured and somewhat astonished! I’ve worked with the NI in various roles over the years, as a member of the NW Branch, on the Nominations Committee and, most recently, as a mentor on the excellent new mentoring programme, which I would recommend to anyone interested.
Fiona Rayment will be a hard act to follow, but I’m looking forward to working with her, Robert Gofton and the rest of the team to help support the vital work the Institute does, both for the membership and in terms of its wider impact.
Professor Adrian Bull MBE
Newly elected Trustees
Kirsty Armer FNucI is an experienced board director with 14 years on the board of Springfields Fuels Ltd.She has also held positions on the boards of Westinghouse UK Limited and Cumbria Nuclear Solutions Limited, NIRAB and the NAMRC programme board. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Manchester, an MBA from Lancaster University and the IOD Certificate of Board Direction (Distinction).
Kirsty has held a wide portfolio of senior executive roles leading technical and operational business segments in the nuclear industry, most recently as Vice President of Westinghouse UK Environmental Services. She constantly strives for, and delivers, business excellence in a highly regulated safety-critical industry, and has a strong track record in leading innovation and strategic initiatives to deliver positive organisational change.
Her career highlights include playing a key role in negotiating the Toshiba/Westinghouse acquisition of Springfields Fuels Limited (a site license company with £200M turnover) from NDA, bringing the business from public to private sector ownership – for which the negotiating team were awarded the Toshiba Power Systems Presidents Award in 2010.
Hannah Paterson is a programme manager for irradiated fuels at Sellafield Ltd developing new capabilities for long term spent fuel storage. A Chartered Chemist by training, Hannah has a Master of Chemistry degree from the University of Edinburgh.
She has over 10 years’ experience in radioactive waste management and fuel management systems having held leadership roles in strategy and technical programme development and implementation at both the NDA and Sellafield Ltd. Recent roles include serving as Board of Director for the European Nuclear Society.
An active advocate for the Nuclear Institute since starting in the industry, Hannah served on the Strategic Committee for the YGN 2018-2022 and was chair of the YGN in 2021 having initiated the #NetZeroNeedsNuclear campaign at COP26.