Peter Wakefield

Mr. Wakefield was appointed as Safety and Technical Director of British Energy in April 2005.
He joined British Energy from Eskom, the vertically integrated South African power utility.
For over 28 years he was closely associated with the nuclear programme, being the first operating manager at Koeberg holding a Senior Reactor Generator License, before moving through station, corporate engineering and technology management posts.
Earlier in his career he spent 4 years in the UK power industry and 1 year with EdF in the French nuclear programme.
He has an electrical engineering degree and executive management education from South Africa and Switzerland.