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'''Nick Hopkinson''' is a former senior officer at [[GCHQ]]. After leaving government he joined [[Computer Science Commission]] and [[Northrop Grunman]].

==Career==
Hopkinson was chief information officer at [[GCHQ]] between February 2004 and February 2008, when he became director general information security.<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nick-hopkinson/52/6ab/b35 Nick Hopkinson] ''Linkedin'', accessed 9 December 2014 </ref>

In August 2010 he was appointed director of cyber security in the Europe, Middle East and Asia at [[Computer Science Commission]].<ref name="LI"/> The role was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to a waiting period of 6 months from his last day of service and the condition that, for 12 months from the same date, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobatwelfthreport2010-2011.pdf Twelfth Report 2010-2011] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 9 December 2014 </ref>

In August 2014 he became UK strategy director at aerospace and defence technology company [[Northrop Grumman]].<ref name="LI"/>

==Education==
*BA History, [[University of Cambridge]] 1976 – 1979<ref name="LI"/>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Hopkinson, Nick]][[Category:ACOBA|Hopkinson, Nick]][[Category:Cambridge alumni|Hopkinson, Nick]]

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