Neil M. Wilmshurst is a Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer & Managing Director, EPRI Gulf at EPRI. He has overall management and technical responsibility for the research and development activities conducted by EPRI with its global membership related to all generation sources and storage.

In August 2021, Wilmshurst became Chair of the World Energy Council (WEC) U.S. Member Committee. The U.S. Member Committee is hosted by EPRI, and represents innovators, leaders, and disruptors in the U.S. energy community, bringing their voices to the global community of WEC.

From 2010–2020, when he was EPRI’s Chief Nuclear Officer, the nuclear sector global membership expanded to encompass more than 80% of the world’s commercial nuclear fleet.

Wilmshurst joined EPRI in 2003 as a Senior Project Manager in the Plant Support Engineering program. In 2008, he became Director of the Plant Technology department, and was appointed as Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer in 2010 and Senior Vice President, Energy Systems Resources and Chief Nuclear Officer in 2020.

Before joining EPRI, Wilmshurst worked in a variety of nuclear utility engineering and maintenance roles with AmerGen at Three Mile Island Unit 1 and British Energy at the Sizewell B plant. Prior to joining the civil nuclear program, Wilmshurst served for 13 years in the Royal Navy as a Nuclear Submarine Engineer Officer.

Wilmshurst earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, and control engineering from the Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, UK; a post graduate diploma in nuclear reactor technology from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, UK; and a master’s degree in defense administration from Cranfield Institute of Technology, Shrivenham, UK. While serving in the Royal Navy he was certified as a Naval Nuclear Plant Operator.