Stephen Lander
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Sir Stephen Lander is the former Chair of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.[1]
Lander served for 25 years in the Security Service MI5, serving as Director-General from 1996 to 2002.[2]
The Guardian reported in 2006 that Lander retained a number of directorships in the security industry following his SOCA appointment:
- Sir Stephen Lander, the head of Britain's elite crime-busting squad, is a paid director of a company that has IT contracts with every police force in the UK. He is also on the board of a second firm whose parent company has IT contracts with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
- Since taking up his post as chairman of the serious organised crime agency in September 2004, Sir Stephen, 58, has remained as a non-executive director of Northgate Information Solutions and StreamShield Networks, with a total remuneration of £60,000. As head of Soca his starting salary was £75,000.[3]
Notes
- ↑ SOCA's Governance, Serious Organised Crime Agency, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ Press Association, Blunkett appoints former MI5 Chief, guardian.co.uk,13 August 2004.
- ↑ David Pallister, Crime squad chief's links to IT firm are revealed, The Guardian, 12 June 2006.
