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UK: "Big Brother" nominee appointed security chief

01 May 2002

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The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, appointed Sir David Omand to the role of Britain's Security and Intelligence Coordinator in June. His appointment mirrors President Bush's appointment of Governor Tom Ridge as his Homeland Security Advisor in the USA. Omand is a former Home Office permanent secretary who was educated at Corpus Christie college, Cambridge. He started his career at the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), where he served as director, before moving on to the Ministry of Defence. At the MoD he was Deputy Under Secretary of State for Policy. In 1985 he was moved to Brussels where he worked on loan to the Diplomatic Service as the defence counsellor to the UK delegation to NATO. In 1999, in his capacity as head of the Cabinet Office he was runner-up to then Home Secretary, Jack Straw, in the annual "Big Brother" awards made by Privacy International in the category of worst civil servant. Omand also served as a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee for 5 years, a position he will resume with his new appointment.

10 Downing Street press release 20.6.02.

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