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Sir [[Stephen Lander]] is the Chair of the [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]].<ref>[http://www.soca.gov.uk/aboutUs/governance.html SOCA's Governance], Serious Organised Crime Agency, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
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==MI5 Career==
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Sir [[Stephen Lander]] served for 25 years in [[MI5]], serving as [[Director General of MI5|Director-General]] from 1996 to 2002.<ref>Press Association, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/aug/13/immigrationpolicy.ukcrime Blunkett appoints former MI5 Chief], guardian.co.uk,13 August 2004.</ref>
  
Lander served for 25 years in the [[Security Service]] MI5, serving as [[Director General of MI5|Director-General]] from 1996 to 2002.<ref>Press Association, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/aug/13/immigrationpolicy.ukcrime Blunkett appoints former MI5 Chief], guardian.co.uk,13 August 2004.</ref>
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==SOCA Chair==
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Lander was the first head of the [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]], dubbed "Britain's [[FBI]]".
  
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==Security Industry==
 
''The Guardian'' reported in 2006 that Lander retained a number of directorships in the security industry following his SOCA appointment:
 
''The Guardian'' reported in 2006 that Lander retained a number of directorships in the security industry following his SOCA appointment:
  
::Sir Stephen Lander, the head of Britain's elite crime-busting squad, is a paid director of a company that has IT contracts with every police force in the UK. He is also on the board of a second firm whose parent company has IT contracts with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
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:Sir Stephen Lander, the head of Britain's elite crime-busting squad, is a paid director of a company that has IT contracts with every police force in the UK. He is also on the board of a second firm whose parent company has IT contracts with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
  
::Since taking up his post as chairman of the serious organised crime agency in September 2004, Sir Stephen, 58, has remained as a non-executive director of [[Northgate Information Solutions]] and [[StreamShield Networks]], with a total remuneration of £60,000. As head of SOCA his starting salary was £75,000.<ref>David Pallister, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/12/ukcrime.davidpallister Crime squad chief's links to IT firm are revealed], The Guardian, 12 June 2006.</ref>
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:Since taking up his post as chairman of the serious organised crime agency in September 2004, Sir Stephen, 58, has remained as a non-executive director of [[Northgate Information Solutions]] and [[StreamShield Networks]], with a total remuneration of £60,000. As head of SOCA his starting salary was £75,000.<ref>David Pallister, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/12/ukcrime.davidpallister Crime squad chief's links to IT firm are revealed], The Guardian, 12 June 2006.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 20:50, 15 January 2015

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MI5 Career

Sir Stephen Lander served for 25 years in MI5, serving as Director-General from 1996 to 2002.[1]

SOCA Chair

Lander was the first head of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed "Britain's FBI".

Security Industry

The Guardian reported in 2006 that Lander retained a number of directorships in the security industry following his SOCA appointment:

Sir Stephen Lander, the head of Britain's elite crime-busting squad, is a paid director of a company that has IT contracts with every police force in the UK. He is also on the board of a second firm whose parent company has IT contracts with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Since taking up his post as chairman of the serious organised crime agency in September 2004, Sir Stephen, 58, has remained as a non-executive director of Northgate Information Solutions and StreamShield Networks, with a total remuneration of £60,000. As head of SOCA his starting salary was £75,000.[2]

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References

  1. Press Association, Blunkett appoints former MI5 Chief, guardian.co.uk,13 August 2004.
  2. David Pallister, Crime squad chief's links to IT firm are revealed, The Guardian, 12 June 2006.