Professor Andrew Randewich

Professor Andrew Randewich, Executive Director Science and CTO, AWE

Andrew is responsible for AWE’s 1200 strong scientific community and as Chief Technical Officer leads the strategic planning for the companies support to the UK deterrent.

With 25 years of experience in defence nuclear at AWE, Andrew has also fulfilled roles such as Director SET, Director Engineering and Science, Head of Physics, AWE Chief Scientist, Head of Profession for Physics and Head of Plasma Physics. Andrew was Asset Manager for the ORION laser, one of the largest science capital investments ever made in the UK. Prior to that he led AWE High Performance Computing area. Andrew joined AWE in 1997 where he worked on physics assessment, mathematical modelling, code development and research on space and DT laser plasmas and explosives.

For six years Andrew was also deputy Chair of the AWE Nuclear Safety Committee and the Warhead Safety Committee. He was appointed as a visiting Professor at Imperial College London in 2012. He is a Chartered Physicist, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Andrew is married and has two grown up children.