Alison Atkinson

AWE employs over 6000 people in a highly regulated environment and manufactures, maintains and develops the warheads for Trident the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent. AWE worked under contract to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) through a government-owned-contractor-operated arrangement (GOCO) with three shareholders: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group and Serco Group until 1 July 2021 when it became a Non-Departmental Public Body, wholly owned by the MOD. I lead the organisation with responsibility for managing long-term multi c£Bn investment in manufacturing, operations, and capital projects, nurturing nuclear science and engineering skills for the specific capabilities required for long-term defence programmes in a highly regulated environment that involves nuclear and explosive operations.