[T]ony Fountain has accepted an offer to become Chair at Essar Oil, and has therefore decided to step down from his role as Chair of Sellafield Ltd.
He will chair his last Board later this month.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) will now begin the process of finding a suitable successor to continue the momentum created under Tony’s tenure.
Nigel Smith, a senior independent Non-Executive Director with Sellafield Ltd, will cover the role in the interim.
David Peattie, NDA Chief Executive Officer, said: “On behalf of the NDA, I would like to offer my sincere thanks to Tony for his excellent leadership and contribution to the clean-up mission at Sellafield. We wish him every success in his new role.”
