Paddy McGuinness

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Person.png Paddy McGuinness  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook)
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Born27 April 1963
Alma materAmpleforth College, Balliol College (Oxford)
RelativesCatherine McGuinness
British senior spook who never saw a surveillance program he didn't like

Patrick "Paddy" Joseph McGuinness is a former senior British spook who now works as a lobbyist and consultant for businesses and governments globally. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence, Security, and Resilience in the Cabinet Office, from 2014 to January 2018.[1][2]

Early life

Born in Oxford to Professors Rosamond McGuinness and Brian McGuinness, McGuinness went to Ampleforth College, and then to Balliol College, Oxford where he took a BA in modern history.[1] He has a sister Catherine McGuinness who chairs the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation.

Career in Government service

McGuinness joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985. His first overseas posting was as Second Secretary in Sana'a from 1988 to 1991. After that, he served as First Secretary in Abu Dhabi from 1994–1996, then as Counsellor in Cairo, Egypt from 1996–1999 and in Rome from 2003–2006.[1]

McGuinness was appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence, Security, and Resilience in 2014, taking over from Oliver Robbins and replaced by Richard Moore.[1][2] He advised first David Cameron then Theresa May and reported to the National Security Adviser who is Secretary to the National Security Council, alongside the other Deputy National Security Adviser for Foreign and Defence Policy.[3][4][5]

National Cyber Security Programme

As DNSA McGuinness was the Senior Responsible Officer for the UK’s two five year National Cyber Security Programmes overseeing the development of and response to the 2016 National Cyber Security Strategy and through that the launch of the National Cyber Security Centre[6]

The Cloud Act

McGuinness was the UK's principal public advocate for the Cloud Act.  On 24 May 2017 McGuinness became the first serving British official to testify to a Congressional Committee when he joined Richard J Downing of the US Department of Justice in front of the US Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism [7] advocating for lawful access to data to counter Serious Organised Crime through the Cloud Act.[7][8].  On 15 June 2017 he then appeared in front of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives.[9]  He published a number of articles in US newspapers and online [10][11]

D Notice Committee

McGuinness represented the Cabinet Office on theDefence and Security Media Advisory Committee formerly known as the D Notice Committee.[12]

Undercover Policing Inquiry

In January 2016 McGuinness provided written testimony to the Undercover Policing Inquiry on the importance of the “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” principle for National Security.[13]

Career since 2018

McGuinness is an Adviser at Brunswick Group advising on crisis and resilience issues, providing senior counsel to clients on business and political risk.[14]

McGuinness is a co-founder of Oxford Digital Health [15] an Oxford University Spin Out providing software as a service to transform healthcare.

McGuinness is a member of the Advisory Board at Glasswall Solutions.[16]

McGuinness was a member of the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission on Technology OxTEC [17] which made a series of recommendations aimed at securing the the credibility of elections [18] This will be done by a mix of official stonewalling and letting controlled opposition in NGOs and academia do the criticism:

Discussion about how to counter attempts to manipulate and discredit electoral processes has been rather diffuse and breathless - in some cases it has done the hostile actor’s work for them by creating uncertainty. It is vital for the credibility of the electoral system that our approach to elections is transparent and open to interrogation by all. Academia and non-governmental are best placed to create this space.[19]

In January 2018 the Sunday Times newspaper reported that McGuinness was to advise the State of Qatar on the security of the soccer World Cup.[20]

McGuinness was a Special Adviser to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy[21]

Charitable work

McGuinness is the Chair of Trustees at St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney, London.[22]

Awards

McGuinness was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1997, and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2014.[1]

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Refrences

  1. ↑ a b c d e http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U282052
  2. ↑ a b http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/120314-cybercapacity-event
  3. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325006/Cabinet_Office_31_March_2014_senior_data.csv/preview
  4. ↑ ttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482383/Cabinet_Office_310315_senior_data.csv/preview
  5. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/529110/co_staff_and_salary_senior_data_march2016.csv/preview
  6. ↑ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419756/National_Cyber_Security_Programme.pdf
  7. ↑ a b https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/law-enforcement-access-to-data-stored-across-borders-facilitating-cooperation-and-protecting-rights
  8. ↑ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/05-24-17%20McGuinness%20Testimony.pdf here
  9. ↑ https://republicans-judiciary.house.gov/hearing/data-stored-abroad-ensuring-lawful-access-privacy-protection-digital-era/%7Caccess-date=2020-12-06
  10. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/opinion/data-overseas-legislation.html
  11. ↑ https://www.lawfareblog.com/interview-british-perspective-cross-border-data-problem
  12. ↑ https://dsma.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSMA-Committee-Autumn-Meeting-Minutes-3-Nov-16_Acc2.pdf
  13. ↑ https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NCND-PDF-unsigned-witness-statement.pdf
  14. ↑ https://www.brunswickgroup.com/paddy-mcguiness-i9116/
  15. ↑ https://oxdh.health/founders/
  16. ↑ https://glasswallsolutions.com/team-members/paddy-mcguinness/
  17. ↑ https://oxtec.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/paddy-mcguinness/
  18. ↑ https://oxtec.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2019/10/OxTEC-Ready-to-Vote.pdf
  19. ↑ https://oxtec.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/paddy-mcguinness/
  20. ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spy-chief-to-advise-qatar-on-world-cup-security-qc37p7lnp
  21. ↑ https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/111/national-security-strategy-joint-committee/role/
  22. ↑ https://www.stjh.org.uk/about-us/our-trustees
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