1. John Large

    John H. Large is an independent nuclear engineer and analyst primarily known for his work in assessing and reporting upon nuclear safety and nuclear related accidents and incidents. From the mid-1960s until 1986 Large was an academic in Brunel University's School of Engineering, where he undertook research for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Large lead the nuclear risk assessment team for the raising of Russian submarine K-141 Kursk, …

  2. John Adams

    Sir John Bertram Adams KBE FRS (24 May 1920-3 March 1984) was a British nuclear physicist and administrator. During World War II, Adams worked in the Radar laboratories of the British Ministry of Aircraft Production. After the war he moved to Harwell, and the Atomic Energy Research establishment, designing a 180 MeV synchro-cyclotron. In 1953 he joined CERN as director of the Proton Synchotron division.

  3. Walter Marshall

    Walter Marshall (born 1932 in in Rumney, Wales) studied mathematical physics at Birmingham University and gained a PhD there under Rudolf Peierls. He joined the Theoretical Physics Division at AERE Harwell in 1954, succeeding Brian Flowers as Head of that Division in 1960 and becoming Director of AERE in 1968; he eventually was appointed Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 1981. As a champion of nuclear power, he was appointed, in 1983, …

  4. Ross Brawn

    Dr Ross Brawn is a British engineer, best known for his role as the technical director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor, from 1996 to 2006. His biggest role has often been perceived to be planning and executing the team's race strategies, which have often allowed Michael Schumacher to take surprising wins. Brawn was born November 23, 1954 in Manchester, Lancashire, England and attended Reading School in Reading, Berkshire, England.

  5. Alan Bond

    Alan Bond (born 1944) is Managing Director of Reaction Engines Ltd and associated with Project Daedalus, Blue Streak missile, HOTOL and Skylon. Alan Bond is an engineer who worked for about 20 years at UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Laboratory on nuclear fusion. He was engaged in studies for the application of fusion to interplanetary space travel. He is the leading author of the report on Project Daedalus. Around 1990, he formed Reaction Engines Ltd.

  6. Roger Makins 1st Baron Sherfield

    Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS (3 February 1904-9 November, 1996), was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956. Makins was the son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins (1869-1959) and Isabella Mellor. He was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1927. However, he never practiced and instead joined the Diplomatic Service in 1928.

  7. Denis Tunnicliffe Baron Tunnicliffe

    Denis Tunnicliffe, Baron Tunnicliffe CBE (born 17 January 1943) is a British pilot and railwayman. The son of Arthur and Ellen Tunnicliffe, he was eudcated at Henry Cavendish School in Derby and University College, London, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1965. He was further educated at the College of Air Training in Hamble and worked then for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and later British Airways from 1966 to 1986.

  8. John Meurig Thomas

    Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS (born December 15, 1932), is a leading British chemist and educator primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, and surface and materials science. He has authored over one thousand scientific articles and several books, including "Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis" (with W. John Thomas) and "Michael Faraday and the Royal Institution: The Genius of Man and Place".

  9. Jack Charles

    Jack Charles (18 January, 1923 - 19 January, 2006) was a British civil servant and Director of Establishments for the Greater London Council. He was educated at Ilford County High School, Essex. During World War II, he was initially at the Air Ministry, 1939-42, then served in the RAF, 1942-46. After the War, he was at the Ministry of Supply, 1947-59, serving as Private Secretary to the Minister of Supply, Duncan Sandys, 1952-54.

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  11. John W. Kennedy

    John W. Kennedy , aged 57, Chairman Mr. Kennedy joined Wellstream in 2003 as Chairman. In 2002, Mr. Kennedy ( to gether with other members of the management team) approached Hallibur to n with a proposal to lead a buyout of Wellstream with financial support from funds affiliated with Candover Partners Limited. Mr. Kennedy was Executive Vice-President of Hallibur to n from 2000-2002 and former Chief Operating Officer of Brown & Root Energy Services.

  12. David Wolstenholme

    David Wolstenholme is head of management development for the N.G.Bailey Organisation, a mechanical and electrical sub-contracting business to the construction industry. He also runs the company's Leadership Academy, which is based at Denton Hall, a country mansion in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

  13. Anthony Cleaver

    Born in 1938, Sir Anthony graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, in 1962. He joined IBM that year and his career with the company was to span the following 32 years. He was named General Manager in 1983, Chief Executive in 1986 and Chairman and Chief Executive in 1990 and retired from IBM in 1994.