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Graeme Biggar | |
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| Director General of the National Crime Agency | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lynne Owens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1974 |
| Profession | Director General of the National Crime Agency |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2019) |
Graeme Biggar (born 13 August 1974) is the Director General of the National Crime Agency. Biggar has been in the role since August 2022,[1][2] having led the Agency on an interim basis since October 2021.[3] Biggar joined the National Crime Agency (NCA) as the Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) in March 2019.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Biggar was born in Glasgow to parents Hamish, an accountant, and Sue, a physiotherapist. He was educated at Glasgow Academy, Aldwickbury School and Uppingham School.[5] He studied Modern History at Oxford University. He later attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2011-12, graduating with a MA (Distinction) in International Security and Strategy.[6]
Career
[edit]Ministry of Defence
[edit]In 1997, Biggar joined the Civil Service Fast Stream in the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) where he worked for most of the next twenty years, other than a year in the Ministry of Defence (New Zealand) in 2000-01, and three years in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2003-2006.
Between 2006 and 2011, Biggar worked on management and reform of the Ministry of Defence, including supporting the 2011 Lord Levene Defence Reform Group review.
In 2013, he became Head of Operational Policy in the Ministry of Defence but was quickly promoted to Director as the Chief of Staff to the Defence Secretary, first Phillip Hammond and then Michael Fallon, responsible for assisting the successive Defence Secretaries in developing and implementing their priorities.[7]
Home Office
[edit]Biggar became Director National Security in the Home Office in 2016, where he worked on countering terrorism and state threats. His experience includes passing and implementing the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and helping shape the response to the 2017 terrorist attacks and to the 2018 Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal chemical weapon attack in Salisbury.[8]
National Crime Agency
[edit]In 2019, Biggar moved to the National Crime Agency, becoming Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre, a collaborative, multi-agency centre established to deliver a step change in the response to tackling serious organised economic crime, with a focus on fraud and money laundering.[9]
In 2021, he was appointed interim Director General of the National Crime Agency, before becoming its permanent Director General in 2022. He leads about 6,000 officers based in the UK and overseas.[10]
Honours
[edit]Biggar was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019 in recognition of his services to national security.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Graeme Biggar appointed NCA Director General".
- ^ https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/28513/documents/172157/default/
- ^ "Director General of the National Crime Agency appointed".
- ^ "Graeme Biggar appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency".
- ^ "OU Magazine Issue 51 2023-2024". 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Graeme Biggar".
- ^ "Graeme Biggar appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency".
- ^ https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/national-crime-agency-chief-graeme-biggar- appointed-recruitment-process-rerun
- ^ https://counterterrorbusiness.com/news/15082022/graeme-biggar-appointed-director-general-national- crime-agency
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/12/graeme-biggar-appointed-director-general-national- crime-agency
- ^ "Graeme BIGGAR | Order of the British Empire | the Gazette".