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Nuclear Consulting engages the most experienced and capable people in the nuclear industry to provide advice, deliver projects and add value to our clients’ businesses. Our team of consultants and associates provides a broad range of services throughout the nuclear lifecycle and across the energy, defence, decommissioning and waste management sectors.

Our people are our greatest strength and you will work with a team of experts carefully selected to deliver your project. Every project is scoped and resourced with a view to making the most of our people to eliminate wasted time and unnecessary cost. We seek to build a long term trusted partner relationship with every client and take shared ownership of our projects to work as part of the client’s team.

Our People

Meet some of our senior leaders and consultants below or contact us to find out more about the capability that Nuclear Consulting can bring to your project.

David Raeburn

MANAGING DIRECTOR

David is a founding director of Nuclear Consulting whose primary focus is providing strategic advice to senior stakeholders in Nuclear New Build. He has an interest in Small and Advanced Nuclear Reactors (S/AMR) including Gen IV and fusion technologies

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Andrew Richardson

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Andrew sits on the Nuclear Consulting board as a non-executive director while also using his extensive experience to consult on selected projects
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Alfred Power

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR TECHNICAL

Alfred directs the Nuclear Consulting technical teams and boasts extensive experience across a number of high-profile projects delivering best practice technical management

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Andrew Walters

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT CONSENT

Andrew is a highly experienced Chartered Town Planner and Environmental Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience working on an extensive range of project and policy work both in the public and private sectors
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Steve Bithell

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

Steve is a former Inspector of the UK’s national nuclear regulator (ONR, formerly NII) with substantial experience of regulation and safety management of nuclear sites
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Steve Young

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DEFENCE AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

A board-level Executive with experience gained in a variety of contexts across defence, civil nuclear, safety critical training and industrially focussed research centres
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Amjad Ghori

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE

Amjad is a seasoned Financial Advisory Executive with more than 25 years of banking and development finance experience gained from leading and closing multiple First-of-a-Kind (“FOAK”) IPP/IWPP and social infrastructure projects
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Paul Garrish

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Paul is an expert in delivering complex high-integrity digital systems in the nuclear and defence industries. He specialises in Product Lifecycle Management platforms and has more than 20 years’ experience of developing large-scale technical solutions in very demanding environments
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Ron Musson

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SYSTEM ENGINEERING

Ron is a highly skilled professional with extensive knowledge at both a European and International level gained through a 30-year career in engineering and supply chain industries
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Ioan Ignat

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER

Ioan is a senior programme manager specialising in delivery of complex digital projects
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Adrian Parry

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Adrian specialises in management of engineering teams and has held a number of senior leadership roles. Using his background as a Chartered Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer, he has a deep understanding of the technical aspects of engineering projects
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Paul Cusdin

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Paul is a resourceful professional chartered engineer specialising in Electrical, Control and Instrumentation projects and has huge experience of engineering design, team leadership and management skills with a career spanning more than 35+ years
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Stephen McNelis

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Stephen is a highly experienced Operations and Programme Director with more than 30 years’ experience of delivering high-profile projects across both the nuclear and commercial sectors. He has an accomplished track record of managing complex programmes in excess of £1.25bn
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Dr Jonathan Smyth-Renshaw

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Jonathan is a process and organisational optimisation expert whose experience spans more than 20 years across a number of industries including nuclear, oil & gas, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and construction. He has worked extensively throughout the world with clients in Europe, North America, Asia and South Africa
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David Mincher

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

David has been an operational nuclear engineer for over 30 years, initially within the Royal Navy’s submarine service, where he specialised in Trident nuclear propulsion systems, then in the civil nuclear generating industry. He has held senior positions of significant responsibility in leadership, nuclear operations, training, assessment and regulatory oversight
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David Raeburn

MANAGING DIRECTOR

David is a founding director Nuclear Consulting whose primary focus is providing strategic advice to senior stakeholders in Nuclear New Build. He has an interest in Small and Advanced Nuclear Reactor (S/AMR) including Gen IV and fusion technologies.
After spending his early career in the chemical and manufacturing sectors David has accrued 20 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. He is an established nuclear professional who can offer credible and compelling advice. He has held a number of leadership roles involving design, engineering, nuclear safety, regulatory compliance and project delivery.
David currently advises the Hinkley Point C Chief Nuclear Office and also leads the NCL team supporting the HPC project across a variety of key areas.
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Andrew Richardson

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Andrew sits on the Nuclear Consulting board as a non-executive director while also using his extensive experience to consult on selected projects. His impressive track record includes portfolio transformation alongside asset and technology optimisation across the world in Renewables, Nuclear, Conventional Generation and broader process industries.
Andrew’s demonstrable business impact spans complex public service, global corporates, medium sized institutional investor led businesses to small AIM listed startups. He has most recently worked with Infrastructure and Private Equity Funds to monetise assets and manage risk.
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Alfred Power

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Alfred directs the Nuclear Consulting technical teams and boasts extensive experience across a number of high-profile projects delivering best practice technical management yielding demonstrable improvements in safety, cost and quality performance. His engineering origins combined with more than 20 years working in technical roles, much of it in senior management, provide a unique perspective to enable Alfred to translate technical management theory into pragmatic solutions.

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Andrew Walters

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT CONSENT

Andrew is a highly experienced Chartered Town Planner and Environmental Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience working on an extensive range of project and policy work both in the public and private sectors. He has considerable experience in environmental consenting and has undertaken lead consent management on a broad range of infrastructure projects including the construction of deep-water ports, light and heavy rail, bridge, conventional and renewable energy and waste projects across the UK and overseas.
Andrew has recently finished a 5-year term as a Member of CoRWM responsible for providing independent scrutiny and advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes. He was previously the Director of Consents for transfer of a Nuclear Licensed Site to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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Steve Bithell

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

Steve is a former Inspector of the UK’s national nuclear regulator (ONR, formerly NII) with substantial experience of regulation and safety management of nuclear sites.
He is known as an accomplished industry professional of over 30 years’ standing and has enjoyed working with and alongside many UK companies.
Steve specialises in providing compelling advice to private and public sector clients in the nuclear industry based on his unique experience of holding multiple senior and executive roles.
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Steve Young

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DEFENCE AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

A board-level Executive with experience gained in a variety of contexts across defence, civil nuclear, safety critical training and industrially focussed research centres.
Steve brings diversity of thought and can offer multiple perspectives having been a Defence end user, customer and supplier. He is an emotionally intelligent transformational leader and complex problem solver who is comfortable in difficult and uncertain situations. Steve delivers success through a combination of gaining a deep insight into customer challenges with a talent to generate clarity from ambiguity.
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Amjad Ghori

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE

Amjad is a seasoned Financial Advisory Executive with more than 25 years of banking and development finance experience gained from leading and closing multiple First-of-a-Kind (“FOAK”) IPP/IWPP and social infrastructure projects in the GCC, India, and Morocco.
He has been very active in the nuclear sector dating back to 2008 and is a strong proponent of both the US and UK Governments’ commitment to and demonstrated support for nuclear energy in general and specifically in advancing SMR / AMR technologies and projects at home and in selected international markets. He currently serves on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Technical Cooperation Program team; is advising USTDA and other USG Agencies and frequently delivers lectures and conducts workshops on the challenges of attracting private sector financing to SMR / AMR technologies and projects.
Amjad has also spent time working with the UK Government helping formulate recommendations to Parliament on the role that Government needs to play to catalyse private sector financing for the design, development and deployment of SMRs in the UK. He enjoys deep and meaningful relationships with public and private sector nuclear sector players, including policy-makers in the US, UK and CEE Governments and prospective financiers.
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Paul Garrish

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Paul is an expert in delivering complex high-integrity digital systems in the nuclear and defence industries. He specialises in Product Lifecycle Management platforms and has more than 20 years’ experience of developing large-scale technical solutions in very demanding environments.
With a background in Systems Engineering Paul adeptly bridges the cultural gap between EPC and IT teams to ensure that client engagement is assured throughout the project lifecycle. This rare understanding of both worlds enables Paul to consult with a great degree of credibility to both clients and project delivery teams.
Paul acts as an Intelligent Customer and Technical Authority to safeguard the stringent requirements of nuclear projects to demonstrate traceability and integrity in the implementation of digital systems.
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Ron Musson

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SYSTEM ENGINEERING

Ron is a highly skilled professional with extensive knowledge at both a European and International level gained through a 30-year career in engineering and supply chain industries. He has actively been engaged in lead and management roles in support of PLM business transformation delivery and Configuration Management realisation. In addition, Ron has dealt intimately with various customers on numerous multi $million projects during the bid proposal and realization phases of projects and possess the deft ability to integrate and interface at all levels.
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Ioan Ignat

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER

Ioan is a senior project manager specialising in delivery of complex digital projects. He has over a decade of experience in management, leadership, project management, analysis, reporting and accounting working in Nuclear, Utility & Civil Engineering, and Customer services across private and public sectors.
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Adrian Parry

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Adrian specialises in management of engineering teams and has held a number of senior leadership roles. Using his background as a Chartered Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer, he has a deep understanding of the technical aspects of engineering projects. In addition to his extensive experience in the UK and European nuclear sectors, throughout a 30-year career Adrian has worked across the explosives, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, utilities, food and beverage industries.
Focusing on both new-build and facility life extension projects gives Adrian a broad understanding of project delivery in the UK nuclear industry where he is highly sought-after for his calm diplomacy and unrivalled technical ability.
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Paul Cusdin

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Paul is a resourceful professional chartered engineer specialising in Electrical, Control and Instrumentation projects and has huge experience of engineering design, team leadership and management skills with a career spanning more than 35+ years.
In the international nuclear community, Paul provides expert advice on UK context in relation to control systems and instrumentation including CBSIS, Smart Device software application qualification and hardware qualification, along with the use of CINIF PLC best practice for Class 2 (SIL2/3) and Class 3 (SIL1) PLC’s.
Paul has led interaction with ONR to reduce regulatory risk and provide early engagement to address regulatory findings. This has included support for review and acceptance of instrumentation & control systems for UK EPR (including SMART and PES) for both safety classified and non-classified systems. Paul also provided oversight of the design of UK EPR control systems to ensure they satisfy the safety case claims and comply with required standards (e.g., IEC 61513 and/or 61508).
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Stephen McNelis

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Stephen is a highly experienced Operations and Programme Director with more than 30 years’ experience of delivering high-profile projects across both the nuclear and commercial sectors. He has an accomplished track record of managing complex programmes in excess of £1.25bn to a successful conclusion for the client and supply chain.
Stephen’s natural ability to communicate with people at all levels of an organisation and huge experience of guiding teams in difficult environments allows him to offer compelling advice to clients and deliver value throughout the project lifecycle.
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Dr Jonathan Smyth-Renshaw

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Jonathan is a process and organisational optimisation expert whose experience spans more than 20 years across a number of industries including nuclear, oil & gas, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and construction. He has worked extensively throughout the world with clients in Europe, North America, Asia and South Africa.
Using a background in mathematics and statistical analysis Jonathan has applied his world-class academic knowledge to solving practical problems. His unique approach to understanding processes and organisations means that Jonathan delivers real and immediate benefits to client businesses.
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David Mincher

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

David has been an operational nuclear engineer for over 30 years, initially within the Royal Navy’s submarine service, where he specialised in Trident nuclear propulsion systems, then in the civil nuclear generating industry. He has held senior positions of significant responsibility in leadership, nuclear operations, training, assessment and regulatory oversight.
In both his careers David has undertaken risk-based analysis and has practical experience in risk management and mitigation. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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