Charles Farr

Charles Farr    (spook)
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Interests	“terrorism”
Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee In office December 2015 - Present Preceded by Jon Day  Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism In office July 2007 - November 2015 "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Director of Security and Public Affairs In office ? - July 2007 Employer MI6 In office 1980s Employer MI6 Location Afghanistan

Background

Charles Farr was born around 1959. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he completed a Ph.D in the philosophy of aesthetics.

Career

He worked for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in Afghanistan in the 1980s, in southern Africa and the Middle East. He was MI6's director of security and public affairs in July 2007 when he was given the job of Director of Security and Public Affairs by John Reid to the position. The Financial Times reported in April 2014 that Farr was one of three people shortlisted for the role of Director of GCHQ, a job later given to Robert Hannigan.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Munich Bavaria Germany	The 54th Munich Security Conference

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