Speakers
Andrea Wilson
Managing Director, Hone-All Precision
Andrea Wilson is a long-standing manufacturing leader and Managing Director of Hone-All Precision, a specialist UK engineering SME with over 30 years of experience delivering high-precision machining solutions.
A passionate advocate for UK manufacturing and SMEs, she has spent her career championing skills development, policy reform, and greater recognition for the sector.
Her LinkedIn campaign for SMEs and UK Manufacturing has not only influenced Government policy, but it has also connected and united thousands across the industry.
Andrea plays an active role in shaping industry direction through advisory and leadership positions.
These include:
Current regional board member, and former Chair, of the East of England Make UK Regional Advisory Board.
Member of Enginuity Strategic Advisory Board contributing to Skills Policy alongside supporting and promoting the Enginuity Supply Chain and SME Policy Centre.
Deputy Chair of the Programme Board for Made Smarter East of England, where she supports the adoption of digital technologies to strengthen manufacturing performance and growth,
She is also a former board member of SEMLEP, EEDA, NSAM, Automotive Academy, SFA, SEMTA – all positions where she has fought to improve SME support, and recognition, as well as increase SME representation.
Andrea has been included in The Manufacturer Top 100 3 times.
Andrew Champ
Country Director, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy International - UK
Andrew is responsible for establishing the vision & strategy for the region and business segment, anticipate and shape investment decisions based on market opportunities, market trend, risks, competitive landscape, and form strategic partnerships.
Prior to joining GE Andrew has a 30yr career in developing, consenting, financing and contracting major power projects internationally. Andrew has worked up and down the supply chain including senior roles at; Commercial Director at ENEC seeing the successful delivery of 4 x APR1400 units at Barakah in the UAE, Executive Commercial Director at Nuclear Waste Services where he ran the commercial function and developed the commercial strategy for the Geological Disposal Facility, Balfour Beatty as Energy Director leading the business into the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project and off-shore wind OFTO’s. Andrew was also instrumental in devising the Regulated Asset Base financing model during a tenure at DESNZ along with assessing different contracting strategies and writing the initial white paper the led to the formation of GBN.
Andrew Storer
Founder & CEO, NucCol
Andrew started work as an apprentice at NEI and developed his career through various engineering roles working on large coal and gas fired power stations as well as delivering components for Sizewell B.
His early career was at Rolls-Royce and became Programme Director for Rolls- Royce’s civil nuclear business, leading customer engagement and bids with new build developers. Before working in civil nuclear, he was General Manager for submarine fleet support, ensuring at-sea availability. Prior to this he was Technical Engineering Manager for primary plant components. He also worked at MoD as part of the visit team restarting the UK / US relationship ahead of the Dreadnought programme collaboration.
He was appointed Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) Chief Executive Officer in August 2017. A key focus was to explore innovative manufacturing and supply chain solutions. He represented the Nuclear AMRC at the Nuclear Industry Council, and led the Winning UK Business work programme as part of the Nuclear Sector Deal. In 2022, he was part of the sprint team convened by the Prime Minister to establish the framework for Great British Nuclear, leading the supply chain, skills and capacity taskforce.
Andrew recently created a company (NucCol) leveraging experience in the supply chain. The focus is on broad research and intervention for the clean energy sector. Based on sector leading interventions such as Fit 4 Nuclear, demand modelling, linking client requirements to the supply chain, utilising a UK database of more than 3500 companies. Nearly 2 years old the company has already established a clear role and conducted many strategically important and exciting projects.
Currently Andrew is also a Non Executive Director, the UK representative on the Generation IV International Forum for materials and manufacture; and a member of the Royal Society’s Nuclear Cogeneration Steering Group.
He is Visiting Professor of Nuclear Manufacturing and Capability Development at the Flinders University in Adelaide and a Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.
Caroline Shaw
Head of Commercial Insights, Standards and Assurance, NRS Ltd
Caroline Shaw is Head of Commercial Insights, Standards and Assurance at NRS Ltd., part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Group, where she leads a team delivering a programme of commercial process improvement, through the deployment of digital tools and automation to support the compliant delivery of NRS’ decommissioning goals.
With over 20 years’ experience in the commercial arena in both the private and public sector, she has practical knowledge of successful project delivery in a variety of sectors and will discuss NRS’ forward pipeline of activity and considerations of contracting with public sector bodies in a nuclear environment’
Chris Bussell
Pro-Voce Chancellor, University of Derby
Dan Bishop OBE
Chief Commercial Officer, UKFE
Dan joined UKFE as Chief Commercial Officer in July 2025 and brings extensive commercial experience from leading the development and delivery of the Royal Navy fleet as Director of Ships Acquisition. In 2020 he was awarded an OBE for services to Defence Procurement.
He holds an MSc from Cranfield University and an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford.
Dan leads UKFE’ work to establish a successful commercial fusion sector in the UK, and to drive wider national economic benefit from the STEP Programme.
Dr Edward Wright
Innovation and Growth Lead – Trent Supercluster
The Trent Supercluster brings together partners from industry and academia with regional and national government to develop a world-class cluster spanning fusion, fission, and hydrogen, centred on the three key powerplant sites at West Burton, Cottam, and High Marnham.
The Supercluster is looking to turn the science and engineering behind these major developments into lasting national and regional value - strengthening the UK’s energy security, building technology and industrial capability, and enabling regional growth.
Edward acts as Innovation and Growth Lead for the Trent Supercluster, working to create the conditions for businesses and investors to locate, grow, and succeed in the region.
Edward is a Chartered Engineer with experience in the Energy Sector. Edward is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and serves on the Institute of Physics’ Business Innovation and Growth Committee.
Jay Shaw
Head of Operational Strategic Development, Sheffield Forgemasters
Apprentice-trained and a Chartered Engineer, over the last 25 years Jay has built his career from the operational front line through business development and delivery roles, giving him a practical understanding of what it takes to turn ambition into results.
Now Head of Operational Strategic Development at Sheffield Forgemasters, Jay works at the intersection of strategy and operations — helping turn ambitious business objectives into practical, deliverable change on the shop floor. His role brings together long-term strategic thinking with the realities of operational performance, capability, technology and people.
At the heart of one of the UK’s most significant advanced manufacturing transformations, Jay has a particular interest in how digital technologies, Industry 4.0 and investment in skills can reshape the way complex engineering businesses operate.
A passionate advocate for developing talent, Jay has also played an important role in Sheffield Forgemasters’ investment in apprenticeships and its Aegis Training and Development Facility, helping build the skills and capability needed for the next generation of manufacturers.
Practical, forward-thinking and passionate about engineering, Jay brings a perspective that connects boardroom strategy with shop-floor reality — exploring not just what the future of manufacturing could look like, but how organisations can actually make it happen.
Jonathan Adams
Chief Engineer, Rolls-Royce HTGR
Justin Steele-Davies
Academic Lead Engineering, University of Derby
Justin Steele-Davies is Head of Discipline Engineering with a passion for advancing engineering excellence within engineering and the nuclear sectors.
He specialises in, developing education and training in the higher education sector and the leadership of multidisciplinary teams. Justin is committed to strengthening nuclear professionalism, fostering a positive safety culture, and developing the engineering talent needed to support the future of the UK's nuclear enterprise.
Through a combination of technical leadership and people development, he helps organisations deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality engineering outcomes in increasingly complex and regulated environments.
Leon Flexman
X-energy
Leon has 30 years’ experience in stakeholder communications and energy project development.
He joined X-energy in January 2023 and oversees the company's Government affairs, stakeholder engagement, communications and public policy activities in support of delivering a programme of Xe-100 reactors in the UK.
Leon was formerly Corporate Affairs Director for Horizon Nuclear Power which sought to build GW scale nuclear power plants on Anglesey and at Oldbury in South Gloucestershire. Before that he spent 7 years at the electricity Utility RWE npower during a period of rapid growth in its renewable and thermal power generation capacity.
He also contributed to the establishment of the UKAEA’s fusion demonstration project STEP, including management of the site selection workstream for all 15 candidate sites.
Lynne Matthews
Founder & Director, LM Consultants
Lynne Matthews FNucl is Founder and Director of LM Consultants, a strategic consultancy supporting organisations across the nuclear and energy sectors with strategic positioning and growth, workforce strategy and pipeline development, and stakeholder engagement.
A natural connector and collaborator, Lynne works across industry, government, education and training institutions, regional bodies and the supply chain, bringing together the right organisations and people to turn strategic opportunities into practical partnerships and delivery.
With more than 25 years’ experience in nuclear, Lynne has led strategy for major programmes including Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C, held seconded positions including Nuclear Sector Deal Director and Director for Destination Nuclear which saw the launch of the first ever sector wide recruitment campaign. She also supports the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) as a subject-matter expert, contributing her experience to international thinking on nuclear workforce and capability.
Her work increasingly spans strategic growth and positioning alongside workforce and regional mobilisation -understanding future demand, developing the pathways and partnerships needed to build sustainable talent pipelines, and connecting national ambition with regional delivery.
A Fellow of the Nuclear Institute, Lynne brings a perspective spanning major programmes, regional and national strategy and the international nuclear landscape, with a particular focus on the collaboration, capability and relationships needed to turn nuclear ambition into delivery.
Lord Ravensdale
Member of the House of Lords & Chief Engineer, AtkinsRéalis
Lord Ravensdale is a Crossbench peer. Outside of Parliament he is a Chief Engineer in the nuclear industry, working for a major engineering consultancy firm, and Chair of Midlands Nuclear. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and nuclear industries and lives and works in the Midlands.
Lord Ravensdale has a focus on science and technology within Parliament and has led successful related amendments to several Acts of Parliament, including the Energy Act 2023, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act and the Planning and Infrastructure Act. He is vice-chair of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology board and a member of the built environment select committee.
Matt Barney
Chief Hydrogen Business Officer, GeoPura
Matt Barney is Chief Hydrogen Business Officer at GeoPura, a clean energy company committed to providing emission-free energy. In collaboration with Siemens Energy, GeoPura brings to market and commercialises affordable hydrogen and zero-emission fuel-based technologies.
GeoPura is deploying green hydrogen power today, eliminating fossil fuels from off grid, temporary, backup and supplementary power and helping businesses reach net zero. The only emissions are pure water and heat.
Before GeoPura, Matt worked across a number of sectors, including aerospace, manufacturing and pharma. Between 2014 and 2019 he was involved in the accelerated scale up of a life-science based start-up carbon mitigation company.
Mike Crawforth
Lead Strategy & Business Development Manager, Rolls-Royce SMR
Mike is the Lead Strategy & Business Development Manager for Rolls-Royce SMR, utilising a wealth of experience in the nuclear industry to help meet the twin challenges of decarbonisation and energy security.
Specialising in technology introduction programmes, Mike has worked across the breadth of the nuclear industry. Now with Rolls-Royce SMR, Mike is working with utilities, energy users and policy makers to develop scalable models to deploy nuclear solutions into the industrial energy ecosystems of tomorrow, driving down the system costs of the energy transition.
Paul Bullock
Founder and Managing Director of 360, Nuclear Skills Training
Paul Bullock FNucI MIET is an experienced nuclear engineering and workforce capability leader with more than 35 years' experience across the UK nuclear sector. Beginning his career as an engineering apprentice at BNFL, he has held senior engineering and leadership roles supporting major programmes across the Sellafield and NDA estate.
He is the Founder and Managing Director of 360 Nuclear Skills Training, leading innovative workforce capability programmes in Advanced Manufacturing and Nuclear workforce development. Paul is passionate about developing future engineering talent, advancing social value and supporting the delivery of the UK's clean energy and nuclear ambitions through workforce capability.
Rachael Glaving
UK Business Development Director, EDF
Rachael Glaving MBA FNucl CEng is UK Business Development Director for EDF, the UK’s largest generator of zero carbon electricity, and is responsible for developing future commercial and development opportunities for EDF UK across a range of generation technologies and asset classes including nuclear, renewables and energy storage.
Previously she was Commercial Director for EDF’s Nuclear Operations business with responsibility for strategic development, supply chain and nuclear fuel procurement for the UK’s nuclear power station fleet.
Ryan Ramsey
Director Organisational Performance, STEP programme
Ryan is Director Organisational Performance at the STEP programme (the UK national fusion venture), responsible for leading business operations, people function, security and communications.
Prior to this he has been COO at the Inertial Fusion Energy company First Light Fusion, led as Head of Electricity Construction (VP) for National Grid, as an Offshore Installation Manager on Shell’s flagship oil and gas ‘rig’ in the North Sea and a variety of interim roles.
His bedrock has been a career in the Royal Navy Submarine Service. His leadership and teamwork have been tested during an operationally focused career operating as far afield as under the Arctic Ice Cap to the Indian Ocean. He has also worked on exchange with the Royal Netherlands Navy and the US Navy.
His notable military assignments were Captain of the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Turbulent and Commander of the world-renowned Submarine Command Course ‘Perisher’. He was responsible for teaching submarine captains to deal with the challenges of leadership, risk- taking and decision-making in the 21st Century.
He has a MA and MSc, is a Fellow of the Society of Leadership Fellows and is a published author (‘SSN 14 – Submarine Command’(2015) and ‘A view from Below – Lessons from submarine command’(2023).
Scott Power
Chief Executive Office, The BMD Group
Simon Bowen
Chair, Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N)
Simon Bowen FREng HonFNucI is Chair of Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N). Before taking up this role, he served as the Industry Adviser to the Prime Minster and Secretary of State focused on the rejuvenation of the nuclear new build sector leading the scoping study which led to the formation of Great British Nuclear.
Simon began his career as an engineering officer in the Royal Navy, serving on submarines and subsequently lead multiple operational businesses across the petrochemical, renewables, civil nuclear, and defence nuclear sectors.
In 2015, Simon joined Babcock International as Chief Executive for Nuclear, including Cavendish Nuclear and the defence nuclear portfolio, including naval base services and submarine maintenance at Devonport, Clyde, and Rosyth. He retired from Babcock in December 2021. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, an Honorary Fellow of the Nuclear Institute and was deeply privileged to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Simon has been on the Council of the RNLI since 2021 and recently joined the Board of Trustees bringing a focus to the charity on safety, operations and technical assurance.
Simon is married with 3 children and an army of grandchildren who all share his passion for water sports and particularly surfing.
Simon Emeny
Specialist Markets Director, LRQA
Simon Emeny, Specialist Markets Director at LRQA, responsible for the LRQA strategic markets initiative in nuclear power and energy transition. Simon has worked across the global nuclear supply chain and also in conformity assessment for sectors including Energy Transition, gas, rail and chemicals. Simon is a Fellow of the IMechE; vice chair of the IMechE Pressure Systems Group Board and the IMechE Technical Strategy Board.
He is currently directing the ITPIA activity at Sizewell B (SNUPPS); Hinkley Point C (EPR); Rolls Royce SMR (PWR); and Sizewell C (EPR) he is also a technical authority for ISO19443. Previously Simon has engaged with EU Working Party on Guidelines for the EU Pressure Equipment Directive, including representing the EU Notified Bodies at the expert meetings from 2005 to 2016. Simon is also a contributing member to the IAEA NHSI Industry track TG2 and the WNA SC & LTO Working Group.
Steven Heard
SZC Quality Director
Steven Heard CEng, FICE, has over forty years' varied experience on the geotechnical, structural, supervision and project management aspects of civil engineering works in Europe, Africa, India, and S.E. Asia. This experience has principally been in the fields of project management in the energy and water sector.
In 2022, following 8 years on HPC, Steven was appointed as the SZC Quality Director and is responsible for ensuring the new build construction and offsite fabrication complies with the technical specification. With this objective Steven is involved in initiatives based on the early manufacturing strategy to de risk delivery from over 3000 supply chain companies across Britain.
Trudy Harrison
Heads of Business Development, Shepley Group
Trudy grew up in Seascale, close to Calder Hall. She started her career at Sellafield, met her husband there (a nuclear welder of 47 years), encouraged her four daughters into the industry, with some success and despite no political experience, made history becoming the first Conservative, first female and first person in her family to enter Parliament - determined to change the national narrative on nuclear.
Keen to influence at the highest levels, Trudy became Boris Johnson's PPS when the 10pp for a Clean Industrial Revolution was published and served as a minister in DfT and DEFRA presiding over the delivery of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and the Environmental Improvement Plan.
She stood down from Parliament in 2024 to re-focus on the brilliant 'blue collar' nuclear skills of West Cumbria and now heads up the business development for Sellafield's longest-serving contractor, Shepley Group which includes Shepley Engineers, West Cumberland Engineering and PPS Electrical.