Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment
This article is part of the Counter-Terrorism Portal project of Spinwatch. |
The Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and Head of Intelligence Assessment is 'responsible to the Prime Minister for supervising the work of the JIC, which provides Ministers and senior officials with co-ordinated inter-departmental intelligence assessments on a range of issues of immediate and long-term importance to UK interests, principally in the fields of security, defence and foreign affairs.'[1] The official is the 'head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which includes the Assessments Staff, a group of analysts responsible for drafting JIC assessments, providing warnings of threats to UK interests, and monitoring countries at risk of instability.' [2]
The JIC Chairman is also 'the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, a role established following recommendations in Lord Butler's 2004 review, with responsibility for enhancing the analytical capability of the UK intelligence community to enable it to work together more effectively and to provide better intelligence products for Ministers and senior policy makers.'[3]
The Chief of the Assessments Staff reports to the Chairman of the JIC.
Chairs
- Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland)
- Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia)
- Sir William Hayter, 1948–49
- Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53
- Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60
- Hugh S. Stephenson, 1960–63
- Sir Bernard Burrows, 1963–66
- Sir Denis Greenhill, 1966–68 (subsequently The Lord Greenhill)
- Sir Edward Peck, 1968–70
- Sir Stewart Crawford, 1970–73
- Sir Geoffrey Arthur, 1973–75
- Sir Antony Duff, 1975–79
- Sir Anthony Acland 1979-1982[4]
- Sir Patrick Wright 1982-1984[5]
- Sir Percy Cradock 1985-1992[6]
- Sir Rodric Braithwaite 1992-1993[7]
- Dame Pauline Neville-Jones 1993-1994[8]
- Sir Paul Lever 1994-1996
- Sir Colin Budd, 1996–97
- Sir Michael Pakenham 1997-2000[9]
- Sir Peter Ricketts 2000-2001[10]
- Sir John Scarlett 2001-2004[11]
- Sir William Ehrman, 2004–2005
- Sir Richard Mottram 2005-2007[12]
- Alex Allan 2007-2011[13]
- Sir Jon Day, 2012–2015
- Sir Charles Farr, 2015–2019
- Sir Simon Gass June 2019 - 2023[14]
- Dame Madeleine Alessandri, 2023–present[15]
Notes
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Michael White and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Franks Report and the Foreign Office, Manchester Guardian Weekly, 23 January 1983.
- ↑ Patrick Wright, Patrick Wright: The PM thinks the debate is over. He is wrong, 15 July 2004.
- ↑ Michael Pye, EYES on the spies, The Scotsman, 15 March 2002.
- ↑ rodricbraithwaite.co.uk, accessed 2 August 2009.
- ↑ Colin Brown, High-flyer leaves secret role for Foreign Office: Diplomat moved from intelligence to be political director, Independent, 25 January 1994.
- ↑ The future of NATO, in Europe and globally, The Ditchley Foundation, 23-25 October 2008, accessed 2 August 2009.
- ↑ Profile:Peter Ricketts, Civil Service, 10 January 2009.
- ↑ Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Prime Minister's Office, 4 September 2001.
- ↑ New Permanent Secretary Appointments announced, Prime Minister's Office, 28 September 2005.
- ↑ Appointment of the new Chairman of the JIC and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Cabinet Office, 15 November 2007.
- ↑ Cabinet Office Press release: Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Sir Simon Gass 18 June 2019.
- ↑ Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Madeleine Alessandri CMG 4 May 2023 gov.uk UK Cabinet Office.