Angus Horner

Angus Horner DL has been a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire since 2022, in the team focused on ‘Science Vale’ and Greater Didcot. He is the Lieutenancy’s link to Harwell and holds the Business Brief for the County.

Angus is a Chartered Surveyor and established his own company, Prorsus, in 2009. In 2013 Prorsus and Partners acquired the Private Sector half share in Harwell Campus, which is the leading science and technology campus in the UK and Europe. Angus was a shareholder and served as the Campus Director until 2021, co-creating and stewarding its four Technology Clusters, before stopping to focus on new activities inside the UK Knowledge Economy.  Angus was a member of the UK Vaccines Manufacturing & Innovation Centre’s Principals Group (2020-22) and co-chaired the Supercharging Innovation Places Task Force, alongside a government minister, in 2023.

Recent or ongoing roles in Oxfordshire include: Deputy Chair of Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Advisory Board Member of Enterprise Oxfordshire, Director of Didcot First, Member of the Future Oxfordshire Partnership Board, Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership Steering Group, Advisory Group for the Didcot Powerhouse Charitable Fund, Board Member UK Fusion Energy Cluster in Culham, Trustee of Be Free Young Carers, Trustee Didcot Community Partnership and Governor of St Birinus School.

Angus enjoys sport, having surfed 8 countries, played Sevenoaks Men’s Hockey 1st XI and Qualified Elite Men UK Triathlons. He lives on a conservation focused farm with his family.