Alex Walsh

Alex Walsh is a degree qualified nuclear engineer who brings close to 40 years’ experience in the nuclear submarine and power sectors to his role heading ASC’s submarine engineering capability.

Alex joined ASC in January 2022 from Sellafield Limited, the UK government entity that manages its Sellafield nuclear site. He commenced with Sellafield as Executive Project Manager leading a complex nuclear project, before moving on to other leadership roles ahead of his most recent role, as Head of Planning Implementation.

With senior expertise in engineering, project management and managing nuclear commissioning, safety and licencing, Alex has worked in the UK, France and Australia. At BAE Systems his roles included Head of Nuclear Construction (leading the team constructing the Astute reactors) and Head of Nuclear Safety Engineering (leading nuclear authorisation and the safety case for Astute fuelling, commissioning and power range testing).

Alex previously worked at ASC in 2013 and 2014, as General Manager Engineering.