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Graham Turnock

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Dr.
Graham Turnock
Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency
In office
March 2017 – September 2021
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Personal details
Alma materUniversity 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

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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

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Graham Turnock has won the Grace Blackman Cup in 2017

Personal life

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Turnock serves as a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "UK 'stands ready to play full part in European Space Agency'". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ "The Inaugural Space Panel: Generating Impact within the General Public | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "FIA Connect 2020 | Farnborough". FIA Connect 2020 | Farnborough.
  4. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18" (PDF). UK Space Agency. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Dr Graham Turnock". GOV.UK.
  6. ^ "United Kingdom Space Agency aiming for supersonic aircraft from 2030". www.naratek.com.
  7. ^ "EU Cold Shoulders The UK Over Brexit". iExpats. 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Graham Turnock | YHA Board of Trustees". YHA. Retrieved 16 January 2021.