David Green (Director of the SFO)
| Sir David Green CB QC | |
|---|---|
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| Director of the Serious Fraud Office | |
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Assumed office 2012 | |
| Minister | Dominic Grieve (until 2014), Jeremy Wright (since 2014) |
| Preceded by | Richard Alderman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David John Mark Green 8 March 1954 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Director of the Serious Fraud Office |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath (2011) |
Sir David John Mark Green CB QC (born 8 March 1954) is a British lawyer and prosecutor, serving since 2012 as the Director of the Serious Fraud Office.[1]
Career
Career at the Bar
Educated at Christ's Hospital[2] and then St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, Green initially joined Defence Intelligence in 1975, leaving in 1978, being called to the Bar in 1979 and practising as a barrister. He has served as an assistant Recorder since 1996, and as a 2000, when he also became a Queen's Counsel.[1][3]
RCPO
In 2004, Green was appointed the Director of the newly created Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) alongside the creation of HM Revenue and Customs. He served as its Director though until the office's merger into the Crown Prosecution Service in 2010, after which he served for a further year as the CPS's Director of their new Central Fraud Group. In 2011 he left the CPS to return to private practice as a barrister, being replaced by Sue Patten.[1][4]
Return to private practise
In April 2011 Green returned to private practise, joining 6 King's Bench Walk chambers.[5] Since his return to the Bar, he has been instructed in complex strategic export cases and as disclosure counsel in a substantial revenue fraud.[6]
SFO
In 2012, Green was appointed to succeed Richard Alderman as the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, where he currently serves in his second term.[3][7][8] As of 2015, Green was paid a salary of between £170,000 and £174,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[9] In February 2016 Green's contract as a Director of the Serious Fraud Office was extended by 2 years.[10] Announcing extension of his appointment, The Attorney General commented:
"In his time as Director of the SFO David Green led a change in the organisation's approach to prosecuting cases and delivered the first UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement and the first convictions under the Bribery Act 2010. I look forward to working with him in the next phase of his leadership of the Serious Fraud Office."
Notable awards and rankings
In the Queen's Birthday Honours for 2011, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[3][11]
Positions held
In 2004 Green was appointed a Director of Customs and Excise. He served in that position until 2010. In 2010 Green became a Director of Revenue and Customs
Prosecutions Office, serving in that position until 2011, when he was appointed a Director of Central Fraud Group.[12] In 2012 Green became a Director of Serious Fraud Office, a position in which he continues serving to this day.[13] Appointing Green as Director of SFO, The Attorney General, commented:
"I welcome David Green's appointment to this key post. He joins at a challenging and exciting time for the Serious Fraud Office. The government is committed to a better and more coordinated approach to economic crime and is putting the structures in place to effect this. The SFO will play an important role in this new strategy, working with Economic Crime Command partners and energetically pursuing the corruption and fraud which cause so much damage to victims, to law abiding competitors and to the UK's wider economy and reputation."
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ??? as Director, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office |
Director, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office 2004–2010 |
Succeeded by Himself as Director, Central Fraud Group, Crown Prosecution Service |
| Preceded by ??? as Director, Crime Group, Inland Revenue | ||
| Preceded by Himself as Director, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office |
Director, Central Fraud Group, Crown Prosecution Service 2010–2011 |
Succeeded by Sue Patten |
| Preceded by Richard Alderman |
Director, Serious Fraud Office 2012– |
Incumbent |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 A & C Black (2015). GREEN, David John Mark. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ Bewick, A J G (2016). "London" (PDF). The Old Blue (Spring). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 "David Green CB QC appointed as next director of the Serious Fraud Office – IFSEC Global". IFSEC Global. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Crown Prosecution Service (27 June 2013). "2012–13" (PDF). Annual Report and Accounts. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ "David Green CB QC appointed new director of SFO". 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "SFO names 6 King's Bench Walk silk as next director". 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "David Green new director of Serious Fraud Office – Announcements". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Parkinson, Kingsley Napley-Stephen. "David Green remains at helm of SFO | Lexology". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 – Government of the United Kingdom". Government of the United Kingdom. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- 1 2 "David Green CB QC, Director of the Serious Fraud Office, to have his contract extended by 2 years". 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 10 June 2011. pp. 1–28.
- ↑ "David Green QC: Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office". 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "David Green new director of Serious Fraud Office". 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.