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Karen Wheeler
Nuclear Waste Services, United Kingdom
Deputy CEO / Major Capital Programmes Director
Job title
Deputy CEO / Major Capital Programmes Director
Description
Ms Karen Wheeler CBE took up the role of Deputy CEO of Nuclear Waste Services on 31 January 2022 having been CEO of RWM since 1 February 2020. AS RWM CEO, Karen led the transformation of RWM and the GDF programme into a major infrastructure delivery programme, and has now also become the GDF SRO.
Ms Wheeler joined the Board of RWM as an Independent Non-Executive Director in September 2018. From July 2017 to July 2019, Ms Wheeler established and led, as Director General, the cross government Border Delivery Group, specifically to manage and deliver the work across government, private sector and industry, which would prepare for and ensure a functioning border, in preparation for EU exit.
Previous roles in government have included the implementation of the DH and NHS reform programme from 2012-2014, and NHS England’s National Director for Transformation and Corporate Operations from 2014-17. Ms Wheeler CBE joined the Board of RWM as an Independent Non-Executive Director in September 2018 before being appointed as RWM CEO from 1 February 2020.
From July 2017 to July 2019, Ms Wheeler established and led, as Director General, the cross government Border Delivery Group, specifically to manage and deliver the work across government, private sector and industry, which would prepare for and ensure a functioning border, in preparation for EU exit.
Previous roles in government have included NHS England’s National Director for Transformation and Corporate Operations from 2014-17, responsible for NHSE corporate services, and for transforming NHSE into a higher performing commissioning organisation.
Between 2010 and 2014, Ms Wheeler worked in the Department for Health, managing the work to implement radical NHS and Public Health reforms, and as Director General she led DH’s Informatics, Change and Operations Directorate.
Ms Wheeler joined the Civil Service in 2003, to lead a number of major change and infrastructure projects in the Ministry of Justice, and then worked for a year in the Cabinet Office, launching cross government work to promote Digital services.
After graduating with a Physics degree from Durham, Ms Wheeler worked for a number of years in management consultancy in the private sector, advising and helping organisations such as Guinness, British Steel, North West Water to manage and deliver major projects and programmes.
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