William Ehrman

William Ehrman   (spook)
Born	1950
Nationality	UK
Acting Chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee In office 2004 - 2005 Preceded by John Scarlett  UK Ambassador to China In office 15 March 2006 - January 2010  Director-General,  Defence and Intelligence of the Foreign Office In office 2002 - 2004 Employer UK/FCO  Director,  International Security of the Foreign Office In office 2000 - 2002  UK ambassador to Luxembourg In office 1998 - 2000  Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary  In office 1995 - 1997 Preceded by John Sawers Succeeded by John Grant

Sir William Ehrman, KCMG is a British civil servant and former Chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee.

Background

Ehrman learned Chinese Mandarin at Trinity College (Cambridge).

Career

Ehrman "joined the Diplomatic Service in 1973."

"He was also involved in handling the media reaction which followed the death of Iraq arms expert Dr David Kelly."

Ehrman wrote a confidential letter to the government's security and intelligence co-ordinator, David Omand, dated 23 April 2004, suggesting that the government infiltrate "extremist" websites.