Strengthening defence delivery: The launch of the Clyde Enterprise Suppliers Board
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation's Nuclear Infrastructure Directorate has launched the Clyde Enterprise Suppliers Board (CESB), a new strategic governance structure designed to accelerate and improve the delivery of critical nuclear infrastructure at HMNB Clyde.
As the Clyde Enterprise programme grows in scale and complexity supporting the Royal Navy's transition to next-generation submarines, including the Dreadnought class and SSN-AUKUS. The need for a unified, high-performing supplier community has never been greater.
Governed under the Mission First framework, the Board brings together senior leaders from across the supply chain with a single, shared purpose: safe, efficient and innovative delivery of infrastructure that underpins the UK's continuous at-sea deterrent. Members are not simply representatives of their organisations — they are accountable participants in a collective endeavour, empowered to make decisions, share best practice and drive solutions across the programme. The organisations that make up the Board include DIO, Arcadis, ACA (Atkins Realis and Cavendish Nuclear), KAD (KBR, Assystem, Altrad), Kier Graham Defence, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Nuvia, VolkerStevin, and their suppliers.
Working collaboratively with these suppliers, VolkerStevin is proud to be supporting DIO in each of the six specialist committees covering: Safety, Health, Environment, Fire and Wellbeing; Delivery and Innovation; Social Value; People; Performance; and Communications
Dan Ross, Deputy Head of Nuclear Infrastructure, said: "The CESB is how we ensure that the scale of ambition across the Clyde Enterprise is matched by the quality of our delivery. By aligning our supplier community under shared governance, shared values and shared accountability, we're building a programme that can perform ahead of reference class and deliver for UK Defence for decades to come."
The six specialist committees provide the operational architecture to translate Board decisions into action on the ground. The CESB's guiding principles ask a simple but powerful question of every decision: is it for the betterment of UK Defence?
With governance fit for the mission, the Clyde Enterprise is ready to deliver.