Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment

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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

# Name Term start Term end Term length
1 Sir Ralph Stevenson 1936 1939 3 years
2 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 1939 1945 6 years
3 Sir Harold Caccia 1945 1948 3 years
4 Sir William Hayter 1948 1949 1 year
5 Sir Patrick Reilly 1950 1953 3 years
6 Sir Patrick Dean 1953 1960 7 years
7 Hugh S. Stephenson 1960 1963 3 years
8 Sir Bernard Burrows 1963 1966 3 years
9 Sir Denis Greenhill 1966 1968 2 years
10 Sir Edward Peck 1968 1970 2 years
11 Sir Stewart Crawford 1970 1973 3 years[4]
12 Sir Geoffrey Arthur 1973 1975 2 years[5]
13 Sir Antony Duff 1975 1979 4 years[6]
14 Sir Anthony Acland 1979 1982 3 years[7]
15 Sir Patrick Wright 1982 1984 2 years[8]
16 Sir Percy Cradock 1985 1992 7 years[9]
17 Sir Rodric Braithwaite 1992 1993 1 year[10]
18 Dame Pauline Neville-Jones 1993 1994 1 year[11]
19 Sir Paul Lever 1994 1996 2 years
20 Sir Colin Budd 1996 1997 1 year
21 Sir Michael Pakenham 1997 2000 3 years[12]
22 Sir Peter Ricketts 2000 2001 1 year[13]
23 Sir John Scarlett 2001 2004 3 years[14]
24 Sir William Ehrman 2004 2005 1 year
25 Sir Richard Mottram 2005 2007 2 years[15]
26 Alex Allan 2007 2011 4 years[16]
27 Sir Jon Day 2012 2015 3 years[17]
28 Sir Charles Farr 2015 2019 4 years[18]
29 Sir Simon Gass June 2019 2023 ~4 years[19]
30 Dame Madeleine Alessandri 1 July 2023 present ~2 years 10 months (as of April 2026)[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
  2. ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
  3. ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
  4. ↑ https://archive.ph/HaXTZ
  5. ↑ Saki Dockrill and Geraint Hughes, Palgrave Advances in Cold War History, Palgrave Advances, 2006, p.16.
  6. ↑ https://www.mi5.gov.uk/about-us/director-general/former-directors-general/sir-antony-duff
  7. ↑ Michael White and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Franks Report and the Foreign Office, Manchester Guardian Weekly, 23 January 1983.
  8. ↑ Patrick Wright, Patrick Wright: The PM thinks the debate is over. He is wrong, 15 July 2004.
  9. ↑ Michael Pye, EYES on the spies, The Scotsman, 15 March 2002.
  10. ↑ rodricbraithwaite.co.uk, accessed 2 August 2009.
  11. ↑ Colin Brown, High-flyer leaves secret role for Foreign Office: Diplomat moved from intelligence to be political director, Independent, 25 January 1994.
  12. ↑ The future of NATO, in Europe and globally, The Ditchley Foundation, 23-25 October 2008, accessed 2 August 2009.
  13. ↑ Profile:Peter Ricketts, Civil Service, 10 January 2009.
  14. ↑ Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Prime Minister's Office, 4 September 2001.
  15. ↑ New Permanent Secretary Appointments announced, Prime Minister's Office, 28 September 2005.
  16. ↑ Appointment of the new Chairman of the JIC and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Cabinet Office, 15 November 2007.
  17. ↑ UK Government, New chair for the Joint Intelligence Committee GOV.UK, 2 March 2012.
  18. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Charles Farr GOV.UK, 23 November 2015.
  19. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Sir Simon Gass GOV.UK, 18 June 2019.
  20. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Madeleine Alessandri CMG GOV.UK, 4 May 2023.
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