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'''Sir Kevin Tebbit''' is a former [[Director of GCHQ]].
 
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Kevin Tebbit has taken jobs in industry and academia. He is a governor of the conference-organising [[Ditchley Foundation]], based at Chipping Norton.<ref>http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm</ref> He is also Visiting Professor in history at [[Queen Mary, University of London]].<ref name=mary>[http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/staff/tebbitk.html Queen Mary University of London]</ref> He is chairman of the defence company [[Finmeccanica]] UK.<ref name=mary/>
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After retiring, Tebbit took well-remunerated jobs in the [[armaments industry]]. He was a governor of the deep state milieu [[Ditchley Foundation]]<ref>http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm</ref>. He was chairman of the arms company [[Finmeccanica]] UK.<ref name=mary/>
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He was educated at the [[Cambridgeshire High School for Boys]] and was a senior history scholar at [[St John's College, Cambridge]].<ref name="deb">"TEBBIT, Sir Kevin Reginald (1946 - )", Debrett's People of Today, 2004</ref><ref name=GuardAug03>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/aug/20/huttoninquiry.hutton2</ref> Tebbit joined the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] in 1969 and in 1972 became assistant private secretary to the [[Secretary of State for Defence]].<ref name=GuardAug03/> At the Ministry of Defence Tebbit was concerned with defence plans and policy for Britain's nuclear forces.
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Tebbit worked as the first secretary to the United Kingdom's delegation to [[NATO]], in Brussels between 1979 and 1982.<ref name=GuardAug03/> A second posting abroad saw Tebbit join the [[Foreign Office]]'s East European and Soviet Department, and was the head of chancery at the British Embassy in Turkey.<ref name=GuardAug03/> From 1987 to 1988 Tebbit was the director of cabinet to the then [[Secretary General of NATO]], [[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington|Lord Carrington]] and was the politico-military counsellor at the [[British Embassy, Washington]] from 1988 to 1991.<ref name=GuardAug03/>
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Upon his return to the United Kingdom in 1992 Tebbit worked in a variety of roles at the Foreign Office, including as the head of the economic relations department, director of resources and the chief inspector responsible for finance and organisational planning.<ref name=GuardAug03/>
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From January to July 1998, Tebbit was [[Director of the Government Communications Headquarters|Director]] of the [[Government Communications Headquarters]], the British intelligence agency specialising in [[signals intelligence]] and "[[cyber security]]".<ref name=GuardAug03/>
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Following this he became the [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence]] before retiring in November 2005 to take up posts in industry and academia.<ref>[http://www.smiths-group.com/page.aspx?pointerid=9B24743C61104F0FB7161B94011BB509 Smith's Group]</ref>
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He was a governor of the deep state milieu [[Ditchley Foundation]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060926002401/http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm</ref> He was also Visiting Professor at The Policy Institute at [[King's College London]].<ref>https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/visiting-professors-fellows/tebbi</ref> He was a non-executive director of private intelligence company the [[Smiths Group]] from 2006 to 2018.<ref>https://www.smiths.com/news-and-media/2018/07/sir-kevin-tebbit-to-retire-from-smiths-group-board-of-directors</ref>
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Tebbit gave evidence to [[The Iraq Inquiry]] on both 3 December 2009<ref name="BBC VII">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8392344.stm</ref> and 3 February 2010.<ref name="Iraq Inquiry II">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8378559.stm</ref>
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He was also Visiting Professor in history at [[Queen Mary, University of London]].<ref name=mary>[http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/staff/tebbitk.html Queen Mary University of London]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 1 March 2024

Person.png Kevin Tebbit  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
Kevin Tebbit.jpg
Kevin Tebbit (left) in the Pentagon, December, 2001
Born1946
Alma materCambridgeshire High School for Boys, St John's College (Cambridge)
Member ofDitchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies/Fellows
A former head of GCHQ.

Employment.png Director of GCHQ Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1 January 1998 - July 1998
EmployerGCHQ
Preceded byDavid Omand
Succeeded byFrancis Richards

Sir Kevin Tebbit is a former Director of GCHQ.

After retiring, Tebbit took well-remunerated jobs in the armaments industry. He was a governor of the deep state milieu Ditchley Foundation[1]. He was chairman of the arms company Finmeccanica UK.[2]

Career

He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and was a senior history scholar at St John's College, Cambridge.[3][4] Tebbit joined the Ministry of Defence in 1969 and in 1972 became assistant private secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence.[4] At the Ministry of Defence Tebbit was concerned with defence plans and policy for Britain's nuclear forces.

Tebbit worked as the first secretary to the United Kingdom's delegation to NATO, in Brussels between 1979 and 1982.[4] A second posting abroad saw Tebbit join the Foreign Office's East European and Soviet Department, and was the head of chancery at the British Embassy in Turkey.[4] From 1987 to 1988 Tebbit was the director of cabinet to the then Secretary General of NATO, Lord Carrington and was the politico-military counsellor at the British Embassy, Washington from 1988 to 1991.[4]

Upon his return to the United Kingdom in 1992 Tebbit worked in a variety of roles at the Foreign Office, including as the head of the economic relations department, director of resources and the chief inspector responsible for finance and organisational planning.[4]

From January to July 1998, Tebbit was Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, the British intelligence agency specialising in signals intelligence and "cyber security".[4]

Following this he became the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence before retiring in November 2005 to take up posts in industry and academia.[5]

He was a governor of the deep state milieu Ditchley Foundation.[6] He was also Visiting Professor at The Policy Institute at King's College London.[7] He was a non-executive director of private intelligence company the Smiths Group from 2006 to 2018.[8]

Tebbit gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry on both 3 December 2009[9] and 3 February 2010.[10]

He was also Visiting Professor in history at Queen Mary, University of London.[2]


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Refrences

  1. ↑ http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm
  2. ↑ a b Queen Mary University of London
  3. ↑ "TEBBIT, Sir Kevin Reginald (1946 - )", Debrett's People of Today, 2004
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/aug/20/huttoninquiry.hutton2
  5. ↑ Smith's Group
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060926002401/http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm
  7. ↑ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/visiting-professors-fellows/tebbi
  8. ↑ https://www.smiths.com/news-and-media/2018/07/sir-kevin-tebbit-to-retire-from-smiths-group-board-of-directors
  9. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8392344.stm
  10. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8378559.stm
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