Paul Brown

This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch.

Background

Paul Brown is the former chief operating officer of the Office for Nuclear Regulation until 2012. He is now chief operating officer of CH4e, a company focused on sustainable on-site energy generation and supply.

Paul Brown has joined CH4e after spending the last 2 years as interim COO of the Office for Nuclear Regulation working with the HSE, industry and DECC in leading reform of the UK nuclear regulator as they prepare for nuclear new build. Prior to that he was CEO of AEA Technology businesses in the UK, USA and Germany and also Chairman of their CICAM joint venture in China. He spent 10 years with BOC as Vice President of Engineering and Supply with specific responsibility for modularisation and efficient global deployment of multi million pound process plant for industrial gases applications. In recent times he has had executive operational leadership roles with AMEC and The Forensic Science Service. Paul is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and spent his early career with Redland, ESAB and Whessoe.

ONR under scrutiny for directors' tax affairs

In February 2012, Brown was one of two ONR officials who had their contracts terminated, after it emerged that they were receiving payment through private companies rather than the staff payroll. Brown was paid via his company Operations Improvements Ltd, based in Surrey.