Nigel McBride

Nigel McBride is a prominent lawyer and businessman who lives and works in South Australia. He is the CEO of Business SA, the South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a member of the State Advisory Council of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) for South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Career McBride worked in finance and industrial relations sectors for several companies, including Rank Xerox, ICI and Glaxo.

He is a former chairman of Advantage Adelaide and served on its board for eight years, McBride has served as a board member of the National Business Action Fund and is an Ambassador for the Impact Awards, the purpose of which is to "ignite abundant local technology and innovation to have more global impact."

He is a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, speaks on topics including business strategy, leadership and risk management and is a frequent media commentator on topics related to business in South Australia.

In February 2015, Premier Jay Weatherill contacted McBride to advise him of his government's intentions to initiate a Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission. McBride described the prospect of "nuclear recycling" as "wonderful" with specific reference to the PRISM reactor and its ability to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. McBride told 5AA: "If we want an enrichment industry, we certainly need a storage industry and a waste disposal industry. these things are worth billions and billions of dollars and we've just got to weigh it up. We've got to say "well, we've got a stable geology, we've got this opportunity. Let's at least investigate it"... We understand that the [nuclear waste storage] industry potential runs into the billions of dollars." During the undertakings of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, he indicated support for the consideration of economic opportunities for South Australia in nuclear waste storage and the construction of purpose-built vessels for its transport. In February 2016, McBride was reported by the ABC as believing "a nuclear push is of longer-term economic benefit, but not a short-term fix for the state."

In April 2016, he suggested that the future South Australian built submarine fleet could potentially be a combination of diesel and nuclear powered Barracuda-class vessels. He also went on a delegation to visit European nuclear facilities with members of the Committee for Adelaide.

In October 2017, McBride told InDaily that Business SA intends to lobby for further investigation into the importation of spent nuclear fuel to South Australia following the next South Australian election.