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Graham Turnock is a British physicist who served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 to September 2021.

Career

Turnock holds a PhD in Particle Physics from Cambridge University for his work at European Organization for Nuclear Research. For 15 years, he worked in HM Treasury, notably as leader of the Transport Spending Team. 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.

Turnock served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 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.

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.

Cycling career

Graham Turnock has won the Grace Blackman Cup in 2017

Personal life

Turnock serves as a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association.

References

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.

• British physicists
• Living people
• British space scientists
• Particle physicists
• British nuclear physicists
• British civil servants
• École nationale d'administration alumni