Sarah Carter

Interim Chief Legal Officer

As Head of Legal, Sarah leads a team of five lawyers, a trainee solicitor and paralegal. With a high-performing team to assist in the delivery of first-class legal advice to the business, Sarah’s continued focus is to grow and develop the team in order to support the exciting and hyperscale projects AWE is proud to be leading.

Prior to joining AWE, Sarah worked as Legal Counsel (EMEAI) for a large petrochemical company, supporting the business on commercial and employment law matters. Sarah would regularly attend SLT and Board meetings to present and was a regular trainer to the business on legislative changes to the sector impacting sales delivery.

A desire to develop her in-house legal career led her to join AWE seven years ago as Legal Counsel, bringing with her an in-depth knowledge of employment and commercial law and the ability to build trust and respect with her colleagues and leadership. Sarah’s practice has seen her lead the strategy relating to several organisational design changes, combining her legal experience and embedded behaviours to navigate whatever challenges have emerged.

Outside of work, Sarah has two children who keep her on her toes. She loves the outdoors, all things flora and walks with her dog, Lulu.

Latest news

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Two decades of collaboration reaps rewards

A team of AWE physicists and academics from the University of Oxford who have been collaborating for 20 years to solve a ‘grand challenge’ – which had proved elusive until now – have had their work published in the Journal of Applied Physics.

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Community News

9 Jun 2025

New emergency text alerting service

People living near AWE’s Aldermaston and Burghfield sites can now sign up to a new emergency text alerting service. Residents in the detailed emergency planning zones (DEPZ) around the sites will receive a letter explaining about the new scheme and how to register.

AWE becomes new corporate member

We are pleased to announce that AWE has become a proud corporate member of the Institute of Collaborative Working (ICW), which aims to promote best practices and standards in how organisations collaborate – internally and externally – to deliver value to our partners, customers and suppliers. ICW’s CEO, Frank Lee, said: “AWE’s commitment to collaborative working […]