Nuclear Waste Services Independent Non-Executive Director

David Prout

Biography

David Prout has been Pro-Vice Chancellor (Planning and Resources) at Oxford University since September 2017.  He has responsibility for the University’s financial and strategic planning, the estates and capital plan and the sustainability strategy, among other things. 

David was Director General and SRO, High Speed 2, Department for Transport from January 2013 to June 2017.

Other career highlights include:

  • Director General, Localism at the Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
  • Director of Local Government Policy at DCLG, responsible for the local government white paper
  • Principal Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott
  • Environment Attaché at the UK Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels
  • Westminster City Council planning department

Nuclear Waste Services Independent Non-Executive Director