Keith Bristow
 Keith Bristow     (policeman) | |
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| Born | Keith Bristow 1967 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom |
Keith Bristow served as the first Director-General of the National Crime Agency from 2011 to 2016.[1] He was formerly the Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, and was appointed in October 2011 to oversee the creation of the NCA and, following its launch in 2013, led the organisation in its mission to cut serious and organised crime in the UK.
Between 2011 and 2013, Bristow built and designed the agency, from concept to full operational crime-fighting, working closely with the Government, global partners and participating in the UK National Security Council.[2]
He is currently (2021) Vice Chairman of Arcanum, a global strategic intelligence company and a subsidiary of Magellan Investment Holdings.[3] [4]
Independent consultancy work after leaving NCA
After[5] stepping down as head of the National Crime Agency, Bristow sought the advice of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments(ACOBA) to set up an independent consultancy, dealing with 'leadership and management development, risk and reputation management, governance and standards, as well as law enforcement, security and policing'. He sought to take up two commissions as senior adviser to Interpol and Arcanum Global.
When considering his application, ACOBA
- considered the relationship between the NCA and INTERPOL and were reassured by the views of the NCA and Home Office who had no concerns with him taking up work with INTERPOL.
Prime minister David Cameron accepted ACOBA's advice, and Bristow was permitted to set up the consultancy in January 2016 provided he:
- does not use any privileged information he may have had access to in government
- he serve a two year lobbying ban starting from his final day in office
- for 12 months from his last day in office he does not take up any consultancy based work with an organisation that is dealing with the National Crime Agency
- he seek the advice of the committee for each individual commission he may take up to ensure it is in accordance with the terms set by the commission.
Bristow has taken on various commissions and roles as chair of Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group; non-executive chair with Arquebus Solutions; adviser to the commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; chair of the cyber crime advisory panel of Lloyd's Banking Group and member of the BT Group National Security Committee /Adviser to BT Security Enterprise Division.[6]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160202123815/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/the-board
- ↑ http://national-crime-agency.tumblr.com/post/135445899822/thank-you-and-farewell-from-keith-bristow-this-is
- ↑ http://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2016/01/20/keith-bristow-joins-arcanum,108126426-ART
- ↑ https://www.arcanumglobal.com/arcanum-team/our-leadership-team/
- ↑ This section is based on an import from Powerbase (Creative Commons)
- ↑ Keith Bristow Summary of Business Appointments, Gov.uk, accessed 8 June 2016
