John Stevens
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John Stevens, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, is a Crossbench member of the House of Lords.[1]
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Background
Stevens was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, and Leicester and Southampton Universities.[2]
Stevens joined the Metropolitan Police in 1963. He subsequently served as Assistant Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary, Deputy Chief Constable, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Chief Constable, Northumbria. He served as HM Inspector of Constabulary before rejoining the Metropolitian Police as Deputy Commissioner in 1998. He succeeded Sir Paul Condon as Commissioner in 1998. He was made a peer in 2005.[2]
Directorships and interests
Directorships
- Non-executive Chairman, Mercer Street Consulting Ltd
- Non-executive Director, Travelex (money exchange)
- Non-executive Chairman, Monitor Quest Limited (risk mitigation)
- Non-executive Chairman, Protector Group (security services)
- Executive Chairman, Axiom International Ltd (forensic science and police training courses)
- Non-executive Director, LGC Limited (diagnostic services)
Remunerated employment
- Stevens Consultancy
- Contracted to JLA to give speeches on leadership, management and policing
- Member, UN Commission for Global Road Safety (funded by World Bank)
- Chairman, Buddi Ltd (GPS personal tracking device and tagging company)
Non-financial interests
- Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister on International Security
- Chairman, Border Security Advisory Committee (set up by David Cameron MP for Conservative Party) Since 1 January 2010 leading Stevens 3 Enquiry and examining certain cases investigated by Historical Enquiries Team, Northern Ireland
- Chairman, Independent Commission on the Future of Policing <ref> Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
Notes
- ↑ Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, www.parliament.uk, accessed 7 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Stevens, Not for the Faint-Hearted, Phoenix, 2006, p.ii.
