Jeremy Fleming

Jeremy Fleming is the head of the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).[1][2]

Career

After an early career in the private sector, Fleming joined MI5.[3] He became assistant director-general on MI5 in 2011 and deputy director-general there in 2013.[4][5] He replaced Robert Hannigan as Director of GCHQ in spring 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "MI5 veteran Jeremy Fleming named as new GCHQ head". News.sky.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Ewen MacAskill. "GCHQ appoints MI5's Jeremy Fleming as director | UK news". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Curtis, Joseph (20 March 2017). "Stepping out of the shadows: What we know about the career MI5 officer named as Britain's new chief spy". Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Laura Hughes. "Senior MI5 veteran to become the new head of the British intelligence agency GCHQ". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "GCHQ appoints 'career spy' Jeremy Fleming as director". Daily Express. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fending off cyber attacks as important as combatting terrorism, says new GCHQ chief". The Register. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
Government offices
Preceded by
Robert Hannigan		 Director of GCHQ
2017 –		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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