Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim UKAEA Group Chief Executive Officer

Dr Tim Bestwick

Biography

Tim Bestwick was appointed UKAEA鈥檚 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鈥檚 largest international business to business innovation network).
  • Non-Executive Director of ten start-up technology companies.
  • 鈥業nnovation Sector Champion鈥� Award from AIRTO - the membership body for organisations operating in the UK鈥檚 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

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Interim UKAEA Group Chief Executive Officer

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions

Previous roles in government

  • Chief Financial Officer, Director of Property and Corporate 天美影院
    • 2023 to 2023
  • Chief Development Officer
    • 2018 to 2025