| Honorific Prefix: | Dr. |
| Graham Turnock | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Term Start: | March 2017 |
| Term End: | September 2021 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge |
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Graham Turnock is a British physicist who served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 to September 2021.[1]
Turnock holds a PhD in Particle Physics from Cambridge University for his work at European Organization for Nuclear Research.[2] For 15 years, he worked in HM Treasury, notably as leader of the Transport Spending Team.[3] Before joining the UK Space Agency as chief executive officer, Turnock served as Director of Better Regulation in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.[4]
Turnock served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017[5] to September 2021. During this time, he attempted to gain closer relationships with the Australian Space Agency via Sabre, a synergetic air-breathing rocket engine under development by British company Reaction Engines.[6]
During Brexit negotiations, he warned that if the United Kingdom was expelled from the Galileo program, it would set it back by years and cost the European Union billions.[7]
Graham Turnock has won the Grace Blackman Cup in 2017
Turnock serves as a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association.[8]