The Application: Rebecca Weston

Episode 6 - Rebecca Weston: We need to talk about nuclear. As the lead in the UK’s Ministry of Defence Warhead Group, overseeing the country’s nuclear deterrent, Dr Rebecca Weston is one of the most senior female leaders in the European nuclear industry. Rebecca is also a graduate of the Oxford Executive MBA, taking time out from a demanding job at the Sellafield nuclear site to complete the course. In this episode she chats to Kathy Harvey about how the daughter of French and history teachers plumped for physics and how that choice took her on a journey to top roles in the nuclear industry. She reflects on the challenges of leadership; what she says about her job at dinner parties; and the place of nuclear power in the UK’s energy mix. Plus, she considers whether anything’s changed for women in her field since she started out. “We still need to change the dial in terms of women in STEM”, she says. Spoiler alert: Skegness is not in Scotland. Featuring: Kathy Harvey, Associate Dean MBA and Executive Degrees Saïd Business School - https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/kathy-harvey Rebecca Weston - Director-General at Ministry of Defence https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-weston-1b52512b/