Dr Rebecca Weston CB FREng to leave the NDA group

Rebecca Weston CB FREng leaves the NDA group at the end of July for a new chapter.

After more than 25 years of service across the NDA group and the wider UK nuclear sector, Rebecca Weston CB FREng will be leaving the group at the end of July for a new chapter in her career, working with organisations across the UK nuclear, defence and critical infrastructure sectors.

Rebecca has made an enduring contribution to the group, holding senior leadership and executive roles, including Chief Operating Officer at Sellafield Ltd, where she was accountable for major nuclear operations, leading some of the group’s most significant operations and programmes, and the site through the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More recently, Rebecca was appointed as the first Director General Warhead within the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Nuclear Organisation, where she established the Warhead Group and led some of the UK’s most critical and complex work in support of UK defence and national security, working closely with AWE and partners in the US and France.

Rebecca continues to lead and influence the future of the UK’s nuclear sector through her role as a Non-Executive Director at Great British Energy Nuclear and as a member of the ministerially-chaired Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Implementation Panel.

Rebecca’s impact has been recognised at the highest level through her appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours for services to defence.

David Peattie, Chief Executive of the NDA, said:

Rebecca has made a lasting contribution to the NDA Group and to the wider nuclear sector. Her leadership and commitment have helped shape some important achievements for the group over more than two decades. On behalf of the NDA group, I thank her for her service and wish her every success in this exciting next chapter.

Euan Hutton, Chief Executive of Sellafield Ltd, said: