Jeremy Fleming
Jeremy Fleming has been the Director of GCHQ since April 2017.
Jeremy joined government from the private sector in 1993 and become a career MI5 officer with significant professional experience of national security and intelligence work, including international and Northern Ireland counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, cyber, and protective security.
Jeremy joined the Board of MI5 in 2005 with responsibility for Technology and was seconded to the Home Office in 2007 to be the Director of Strategy for the newly formed Office for Counter Terrorism and led on the revision of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST.
On returning to MI5, he became the Director for intelligence Collection, overseeing a significant uplift in digital capabilities. He was promoted to Assistant Director General in 2011 and led MI5's preparations for the London 2012 Olympics. Jeremy was appointed Deputy Director General of MI5 in April 2013, with responsibility for the agency's core operational work. He played a leading role in shaping the organisation to disrupt the changing face of the threat from terrorist groups and hostile state actors.
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