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Our Team
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
For over three decades, Biplab has had a multinational career in the energy and infrastructure sector where he is widely known as a clean energy specialist and board advisor where his focus is strategic investment, M&A and corporate development.
Biplab began his career at Shell International before moving to Mobil Oil. Upon receiving an MB
For over three decades, Biplab has had a multinational career in the energy and infrastructure sector where he is widely known as a clean energy specialist and board advisor where his focus is strategic investment, M&A and corporate development.
Biplab began his career at Shell International before moving to Mobil Oil. Upon receiving an MBA from Cranfield Business School, Biplab joined TXU EUROPE to oversee M&A transactions across the various European energy markets, acquiring several utilities in Scandinavia and UK. He subsequently joined CDC Capital as a strategic advisor focusing on M&A transactions across Asia.
Over the last decade Biplab has advised both governments and corporations on clean energy. He co-authored the UK Government report on micro nuclear and has been named in reports by Canadian regulators and quoted in articles published by the World Economic Forum. Biplab continues to advise various boards including Hatch Inc (Canada) and ONET Technologies (France). He was instrumental in delivering the de-designation order at URENCO Capenhurst and subsequently helped initiate their UBattery programme. Regarded a specialist in zero carbon, Biplab sits on the boards of two infrastructure think tanks.
Based in London, Biplab is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and has professional qualifications in accountancy and finance. He is the Chairman of the Institute of Directors (East of England) that represents the voice of 3,000 business across the EoE. He also serves as a trustee on two charities.
Ian Laidlaw, Programme Director
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
Programme Director, engineer, strategist, and change leader. Areas of specialism: Nuclear new build facilities, nuclear decommissioning, Small Modular reactors, radioactive waste management, public consultation, government policy.Previous roles include: Advising mainland European companies on nuclear decommissioning, interim nuclear opera
Programme Director, engineer, strategist, and change leader. Areas of specialism: Nuclear new build facilities, nuclear decommissioning, Small Modular reactors, radioactive waste management, public consultation, government policy.Previous roles include: Advising mainland European companies on nuclear decommissioning, interim nuclear operations leadership, leading a major Eastern European decommissioning programme, including extensive new-build facilities, advising companies on market entry, mergers, and acquisitions projects, corporates strategy leadership. Prince 2 practitioner, MSP user.
John Warden, Capability Director
Biplab Rakshi, Managing Director
John Warden, Capability Director
John is Atomic Acquisition’s Capability Director, leading on strategy, governance, workforce and organisational issues. John’s previous roles include Chief Executive of the Nuclear Institute, and senior roles in the engineering construction industry and Royal Navy. He has also held non-executive positions with a number of recruiting fi
John is Atomic Acquisition’s Capability Director, leading on strategy, governance, workforce and organisational issues. John’s previous roles include Chief Executive of the Nuclear Institute, and senior roles in the engineering construction industry and Royal Navy. He has also held non-executive positions with a number of recruiting firms in the City and elsewhere. A nuclear submariner, he held a range of operational, intelligence and engineering roles in the Royal Navy, including as a PWR operator, engineer and supervisor of the Royal Navy’s training reactor at Greenwich, and training and intelligence with the US Navy. His last role in the RN was as Director of Education. He was a member of the IAEA’s International Arctic Seas Assessment Project, quantifying the radiological impact of sunken Soviet submarines in the Arctic. He is a member of the Institute of Directors Accreditation & Standards Committee and Institute for Apprentices Engineering & Manufacturing Route Panel. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Nuclear Institute, Chartered Engineer, and Chartered Physicist.
Education - Oxford and London Universities
Paul Murphy
Nick Fathers
John Warden, Capability Director
Paul focuses on multiple aspects of the nuclear industry – from legal and policy matters, including international regulatory and treaty frameworks and issues regarding nuclear liability, to strategies for creating and financing nuclear power programs and the identification and mitigation of associated risks – representing governments, dev
Paul focuses on multiple aspects of the nuclear industry – from legal and policy matters, including international regulatory and treaty frameworks and issues regarding nuclear liability, to strategies for creating and financing nuclear power programs and the identification and mitigation of associated risks – representing governments, developers/owners, investors, lenders, and contractors on nuclear projects internationally. He is recognized as an expert in the development and financing of nuclear power programs by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC), and the US government. Paul regularly teaches financing, contracting, and project development for the IAEA, Argonne National Laboratory, and Texas A&M University for their international training programs, and serves as a guest lecturer at the U.S. National Defense University and at Virginia Tech. Paul has served (as a six-time appointee) to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s Civilian Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee, and he has served on ASME’s Clean Energy Technology Advisory Panel. Education: Harvard Law School, J.D. Princeton University, A.B.
Nick Fathers
Nick Fathers
Nick Fathers
A UK qualified and practising Solicitor with more than 35 years’ experience as a Commercial Lawyer across different business sectors including Energy, Downstream Oil & Gas, Defence Procurement and Private Practice. A successful record of employment and assignments both in the UK and internationally with particular emphasis on the Middle
A UK qualified and practising Solicitor with more than 35 years’ experience as a Commercial Lawyer across different business sectors including Energy, Downstream Oil & Gas, Defence Procurement and Private Practice. A successful record of employment and assignments both in the UK and internationally with particular emphasis on the Middle East region. Strong experience in large project development, including Construction Contract, Commercial Negotiations, Joint Ventures, Corporate Restructuring, Project Finance, Procurement, Regulatory and Completion issues.
Our associates
Laurence Williams
Laurence Williams
Laurence Williams
Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng is a Senior Research Investigator in the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at the Imperial College London, he is the Ser Cymru Professor of Nuclear Policy and Regulation in the Nuclear Futures Institute at the University of Bangor, he is the Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation at the Uni
Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng is a Senior Research Investigator in the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at the Imperial College London, he is the Ser Cymru Professor of Nuclear Policy and Regulation in the Nuclear Futures Institute at the University of Bangor, he is the Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation at the University of Central Lancashire, he is an Honorary Advisor to the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester and he is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory. Laurence is the Vice Chair of the Higher Scientific Council of the European Nuclear Society, he chairs Tokamak Energy’s Regulatory and Safety Committee, and he is the Chair of the Nuclear Institute’s Editorial Committee for the Nuclear Future Journal. Laurence is currently working on the regulation of Fusion Power Plants.
Laurence has previously held positions as: Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations; Chief Engineer of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Chair of the Defence Nuclear Safety Committee, and Chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. He has also been a member of the UK’s Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (NIRAB).
Laurence has extensively contributed to international nuclear safety. He has worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency, the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International Nuclear Regulators Association, the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association and numerous national nuclear regulatory authorities. As Chairman of the IAEA Commission on Safety Standards he was responsible for overseeing the development of international standards in the areas of nuclear safety, radiation protection, radioactive waste management and the transport of nuclear materials.
Lynda Warren
Laurence Williams
Laurence Williams
Lynda Warren is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and Honorary Professor at Bangor University. She is a member of the Board of Natural Resources Wales and sits on Defra’s Science Advisory Council. She was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution until its closure in March 2011. She has po
Lynda Warren is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and Honorary Professor at Bangor University. She is a member of the Board of Natural Resources Wales and sits on Defra’s Science Advisory Council. She was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution until its closure in March 2011. She has postgraduate degrees in marine biology and law and has pursued an academic career first in biology and latterly in environmental law. She has over 100 academic publications, including a number on radioactive waste management law and policy. Lynda has over 15 years’ experience of radioactive waste management policy. She has been a member of CoRWM since 2003 and, before that, was a member of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC), chairing its working group on Dounreay. She was on the Board of British Geological Survey until the Board was disbanded in April 2011 and is an associate of IDM, a consultancy engaged in environmental policy advisory work, mainly in the nuclear sector.
Tony Roulstone
Laurence Williams
Tony Roulstone
Tony Roulstone established and teaches on the Nuclear Energy Masters programme in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are the economics and safety of nuclear power with a focus on Small Modular Reactors. He is leading several SMR research projects in the UK. Also, he is involved with projec
Tony Roulstone established and teaches on the Nuclear Energy Masters programme in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are the economics and safety of nuclear power with a focus on Small Modular Reactors. He is leading several SMR research projects in the UK. Also, he is involved with projects on the industrialisation and the economics of fusion
He was a visiting Professor of Nuclear Engineering at City University in Hong Kong 2012-2018. He writes for the technical press on nuclear economics and policy matters and he is leading a group on energy storage needs for the Royal Society Working Group on Energy Storage.
He received his degree from the University of Cambridge and has spent much of his career in the nuclear and aerospace industries, starting with UKAEA working on fast reactor systems and including 20 years at Rolls-Royce where he became Managing Director of the Nuclear Group in 1992. Also, he was the Director of Engineering and Projects when the Vanguard nuclear submarines were being delivered. He has held several corporate Rolls-Royce plc roles in both aero-space engineering and strategic transformation.
He provides consultancy widely in the engineering, technology and services sectors and has completed several policy studies for Government on SMRs, and for politicians on business enterprise and on large-scale procurement.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, an Associate Member of the Nuclear Institute. He is an independent adviser on SMR design.
Paul Harding
Paul Harding
Tony Roulstone
Paul retired from full-time employment from the Joint Board of URENCO Enrichment Company where he was Commercial Director overseeing approx. 40% of the global uranium enrichment market. Subsequently as advisor to the CEO, Paul primed the initiative to commercialise the U-Battery SMR nuclear reactor programme. The intention was to role out
Paul retired from full-time employment from the Joint Board of URENCO Enrichment Company where he was Commercial Director overseeing approx. 40% of the global uranium enrichment market. Subsequently as advisor to the CEO, Paul primed the initiative to commercialise the U-Battery SMR nuclear reactor programme. The intention was to role out easily transportable, factory production line built 5MWe units to provide localised power for undertakings and communities in both developed and developing countries.
Paul has 40 years experience in the nuclear industry including Fuel Manufacture at BNFL Springfields near Preston, finishing as Head of Hex Business and member of the Fuel Executive, and was Head of Site in charge of Decommissioning Hunterston A Nuclear Power Station for 2 years. Paul is recognised as an expert in uranium chemical processing and enrichment and has a track record in initiation and delivery of multi-hundred-million new build and decommissioning projects across the nuclear sector.
An experienced Member and Chair of diverse non-executive and trustee boards and sub-committees both in nuclear and elsewhere Paul bring a wealth of expertise dealing with diverse stakeholders including regulators, national and local politicians, unions and shareholders. An acknowledged speaker and communicator on nuclear and energy matters. Currently Paul is an associate advising Atomic Acquisitions on various nuclear decommissioning and new build opportunities in the UK and abroad.
QUALIFICATIONS
D. Phil. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Oxford University.
M.A. in Chemistry from Wadham College, Oxford University.
Attended Leadership Development Programme at Institute of Management Development, (IMD), Lausanne Switzerland
NON-EXEC ROLES
Non-Executive Director of the World Institute of Nuclear Security
· Non-Executive Director of the Nuclear Industry Association
· Ministerial appointment to UK Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (NIRAB).
· Fellow of the Institute of Directors (FIoD).
· Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (FRSA).
· Currently Associate at Atomic Acquisitions
· Currently Trustee of British Society of Immunology (6 years) which has had a central role to play in fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic
Phil Davies
Paul Harding
Jan Ziemecki
Phil Davies is director of Westlakes Nuclear Limited, providing independent services in the nuclear sector since 2010. Projects have included strategic work on radioactive waste management, management of nuclear assets and new build. Radioactive waste strategic management projects have been in UK, Holland and Sweden, with other work for I
Phil Davies is director of Westlakes Nuclear Limited, providing independent services in the nuclear sector since 2010. Projects have included strategic work on radioactive waste management, management of nuclear assets and new build. Radioactive waste strategic management projects have been in UK, Holland and Sweden, with other work for IAEA, Vienna. Through 2021 Phil’s focus was on strategy development and workshop facilitation for Low Level Waste Repository Limited, carried out beside other work for Sellafield Limited, for example on alpha testing strategy and procurement strategy.
Phil held the post of Head of Site for the Moorside project in Cumbria for NuGen. This encompassed intensive early-stage work – site investigation and environmental studies and scheme development (layout, transport, associated developments, initiation of the Funded Decommissioning Programme). This assignment overlapped with a role on the Senior Advisory Group for the decommissioning of Imperial College’s Consort reactor.
Prior to 2010 Phil was Head of Waste and Nuclear Materials at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority where he built capability from the start of the organisation and with his team handled policy and strategic issues at the national level.
Phil has a reputation as a ‘can do’ operator in a variety of environments, for example handling lead roles in successful major tenders in civil nuclear and defence areas. He has a track record in strategic optioneering and facilitation. Some more background is provided at: www.linkedin.com/in/phil-davies/ .
Jan Ziemecki
Paul Harding
Jan Ziemecki
Jan's career in the financial sector has spanned over 25 years and he has held various US Securities licenses including NASDAQ and FINRA Series 7, Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66.He began his career as a commodities broker for ALLIED in New York, and later worked as a commodities trader for NICHIMEN AMERICA, one of Japans largest Sogo
Jan's career in the financial sector has spanned over 25 years and he has held various US Securities licenses including NASDAQ and FINRA Series 7, Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66.He began his career as a commodities broker for ALLIED in New York, and later worked as a commodities trader for NICHIMEN AMERICA, one of Japans largest Sogo Shosha, on their New York cotton trading desk.Jan has held various managerial positions, including Member of the Management Board of PIONEER BROKERAGE in Warsaw, where he personally advised the largest US and European equity investors in the CEE region (Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, CSFB, Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Federated Funds, Wellington, American Funds, Vontobel, Bankers Trust) and supervised institutional block trading for his clients and the firm.At BANK AUSTRIA CA-IB, he led a 2 man management board and developed one of Poland’s first retail and institutional investment fund companies, CA-IB TFI. He personally led all sales, marketing, fund development efforts, and also served on the investment committees for all CA-IB TFI funds.At MERRILL LYNCH BANK SUISSE, he led the development of the Polish private banking market, originated CO2 trading for Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe, and debt origination for Merrill Lynch Investment Banking.Jan later worked for MERRILL LYNCH BANK of AMERICA Wealth Management in Boca Raton, Florida, before moving to Morocco to pursue energy sector deals on behalf of North American clients such as Wheelabrator Technologies.He has served or serves on the Supervisory Boards of multiple WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE listed companies: ROPCZYCE SA, NATIONAL INVESTMENT FUND - FOKSAL SA, NATIONAL INVESTMENT FUND -ZACHODNI,