Nick Elliott CB MBE

Chief Executive Officer

Nick Elliott joined AWE as Chief Executive Officer in March 2024.

Nick is an experienced senior business leader, having led major delivery organisations in defence, infrastructure, and government – including the UK Vaccine Taskforce where he was Director General during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nick began a distinguished career in defence serving in the Royal Engineers. In subsequent senior business roles, he has been responsible for delivering some of the biggest rail infrastructure projects in the UK. He was also Deputy CEO of Defence Equipment & Support, the professional acquisition and support organisation of the UK Ministry of Defence.

Nick has been a non-executive director on the Board of the Submarine Delivery Agency and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. He is currently UK Chairman of Helsing Ltd, a software and Artificial Intelligence company.

He is a serving member of the Staff Corps, and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, the Chartered Management Institute, and the Institute of Royal Engineers.

Latest news

Unleashing potential: supercomputing for the future

AWE recently sponsored and exhibited at Computing Insight UK (CIUK), a prestigious conference for the UK’s academic and industry leaders to discuss and debate the field of high performance computing and associated technologies of interest to our mission.

Education

9 Jan 2025

AWE Chief Scientist Short Project Scheme contributes to AWE’s mission

Four inspirational science undergraduates from University College London (UCL) recently presented their work in support of AWE’s mission – as part of the Chief Scientist Short Project Scheme 2024. Introduced in 2019, the Chief Scientist Short Project Scheme is an acclaimed annual event between AWE and UCL, where four UCL undergraduates are selected to participate […]

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8 Jan 2025

Our engineers once again recognised by the Whitworth Society

We are delighted to announce that all four of our shortlisted applicants for prestigious 2024 Whitworth Scholarship Awards were successful. The Whitworth Scholarship Awards recognise exceptional academic ability, outstanding practical skills and the qualities required to succeed in industry.