Biography:Graham Turnock
Dr. Graham Turnock | |
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| Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency | |
| In office March 2017 – September 2021 | |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Graham Turnock is a British physicist who served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 to September 2021.[1]
Career
Turnock holds a PhD in Particle Physics from Cambridge University for his work at European Organization for Nuclear Research.[2] For 15 years, he worked in HM Treasury, notably as leader of the Transport Spending Team.[3] Before joining the UK Space Agency as chief executive officer, Turnock served as Director of Better Regulation in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.[4]
Turnock served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017[5] to September 2021. During this time, he attempted to gain closer relationships with the Australian Space Agency via Sabre, a synergetic air-breathing rocket engine under development by British company Reaction Engines.[6]
During Brexit negotiations, he warned that if the United Kingdom was expelled from the Galileo program, it would set it back by years and cost the European Union billions.[7]
Cycling career
Graham Turnock has won the Grace Blackman Cup in 2017
Personal life
Turnock serves as a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association.[8]
References
- ↑ "UK 'stands ready to play full part in European Space Agency'". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/uk-stands-ready-to-play-full-part-in-european-space-agency-38731874.html.
- ↑ "The Inaugural Space Panel: Generating Impact within the General Public | University of Oxford". https://www.ox.ac.uk/event/inaugural-space-panel-generating-impact-within-general-public.
- ↑ "FIA Connect 2020 | Farnborough". https://connect.farnboroughairshow.com/Speakers.
- ↑ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725915/AnnualReport17-18.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Dr Graham Turnock". https://www.gov.uk/government/people/graham-turnock.
- ↑ "United Kingdom Space Agency aiming for supersonic aircraft from 2030". https://www.naratek.com/en/creative-perspective/2019/space-agency-aiming-for-supersonic-aircraft.php.
- ↑ "EU Cold Shoulders The UK Over Brexit". April 26, 2018. https://www.iexpats.com/eu-cold-shoulders-the-uk-over-brexit/.
- ↑ "Graham Turnock | YHA Board of Trustees" (in en). https://www.yha.org.uk/about-yha/board-trustees/graham-turnock.
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