Ruth Todd CBE will join Rolls-Royce SMR’s Executive Team as operations and supply chain director at this pivotal period for the organisation, with an immediate focus on the industrialisation and scale up of its small modular reactor (SMR).
Ruth, who is a well-known and respected major programmes professional with an impressive track record in leadership and delivery, will begin her role on 30 September. In previous roles, Ruth was chief commercial officer for the UK Government HS2 programme and, before that, the Covid-19 UK Vaccine Task Force, where she led the programme to deliver coronavirus vaccines for the UK.
Rolls-Royce SMR Chief Executive, Chris Cholerton, said: “I am delighted to welcome Ruth to the team at this important time. Much of our work in recent years has been on product development and securing contract certainty – as we make meaningful progress on both, our emphasis moves to the industrialisation and significant scale-up ahead of us.
“Ruth’s experience and expertise in complex infrastructure programmes will further strengthen our leadership team as we focus on de-risking the challenges ahead and implementing our industrialisation plan.”
Ruth Todd CBE, Rolls-Royce SMR operations and supply chain director, added: “We have an opportunity at Rolls-Royce SMR to transform power generation and provide clean, sustainable energy for generations to come. I am excited by the opportunity to bring my experience in infrastructure delivery to the business and support its future growth and success as we shift into a project delivery organisation at home and overseas.”
The Rolls-Royce SMR is the first nuclear power station to be designed and built in the UK for over a generation and offers a radically different approach to delivering new nuclear power. Each ‘factory-built’ nuclear power station will provide enough low-carbon electricity to power a million homes for more than 60 years and will create thousands of long-term, high-skilled jobs.
