Claire Flint

Non-Executive Director

Claire Flint has a portfolio career as a Non-Executive Director (NED); she chairs AWEs remuneration committee and is its senior independent director. Claire is a NED and Chair of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and was previously Vice-Chair of Scope, the Disability Charity, and a Senior Independent Director at National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).

Until 2016, Claire was HR and Brand Director for Oxford Instruments plc, a leading nanotechnology tools provider. She served on the Oxford Instruments Management Board for more than ten years during a period of significant organic and acquisitive growth. Before this, she worked for Diageo plc, Bass Brewing and the National Westminster Bank in a variety of HR positions.

Claire has a BA in History from London University and a postgraduate diploma in Labour Studies.

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What’s it like being on a Business Administration apprenticeship?

My name is Sophie and I am a Business Administration Apprentice. I chose AWE because it seemed like a reliable company to work for with many career paths I could venture down. I chose the business administration apprenticeship because it is more suited to my skills and, as well as getting a qualification, I get […]

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6 Mar 2025

AWE Aldermaston site returns to routine regulatory attention for safety

AWE welcomes today’s (6 March) announcement by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) that AWE’s Aldermaston site has been returned to routine regulatory attention for safety. This move acknowledges the significant and sustained safety improvements and efforts of AWE teams over more than a decade to improve the safety of its operations and to bring […]

Celebrating Professor Jackie Akhavan on International Women’s Day

To commemorate this year's International Women's Day on March 8, we pay tribute to Professor Jackie Akhavan, for her remarkable and steadfast contribution to AWE’s mission and the wider nuclear enterprise over the past three decades.