Brian Eyre

Brian Leonard Eyre (29 November 1933 – 28 July 2014) was a British material scientist, Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Professor at the University of Liverpool. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford and University College London.

Career and research Eyre was appointed Professor of Materials Science at the University of Liverpool from 1979 to 1984. He played an important role in the privatisation of UKAEA to create AEA Technology.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours.