David is a highly motivated Chartered Engineer with 27 years’ experience working in the defence maritime domain, originally trained as a naval architect with a diversification to focus on nuclear-powered submarines. 

David has consistent record of high performance in submarine, nuclear and surface ship projects across all lifecycle phases in leadership, managerial and technical capacities. 

His work experience supporting the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program includes; Defence Nuclear Safety Regulation, Whole Boat Integration, Reactor Design and Safety Justification, Nuclear Facilities and Infrastructure – Build and Refit, Nuclear Training and In-Service Support.

Nigel started his nuclear career straight from school in 1997, working for a year with Magnox Electric, the (then) operator of the UK's oldest fleet of nuclear power stations, and returning there each summer during university as a sponsored student. Having completed his Physics degree at The University of Manchester, he joined Frazer-Nash Consultancy in 2002. There he honed his skills in nuclear reactor analysis and safety cases working across all different types of operating civil and naval nuclear in the UK. He joined the Australian business in 2018 as a group leader doing a wide variety of non-nuclear work, but has been pleased to recently restart using his nuclear skills to support ARPANSA and ARWA.