Roger John Cashmore CMG FRSA (born 22 August 1944) is the chair of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
[6] Cashmore's final years at Oxford were marked by allegations of improper claims for travel expenses, following the publication in May 2010 of a leaked report from an investigation committee at Brasenose College.
[9] The college denied that there was any link between this decision and the previous allegations concerning expenses, but a second leaked document indicated that the governing body of the college had passed a motion of no confidence in Cashmore,[9][10] who subsequently applied for the post of chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
[10][11] A spokesperson for Brasenose College said "The members of the standing Sub-Committee were dismayed that their report to the Governing Body had been leaked to the press.
"[10] On 9 December 2010 Brasenose's acting principal, Alan Bowman, announced Cashmore's retirement from his role as principal at the end of the 2010–2011 academic year "to focus on his role as Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and to return to his research interests at CERN and the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), at what is a particularly exciting time for particle physics.