David Bolt
David Bolt was appointed as the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on 1 May 2015.[1]
Prior to 2001, for 25 years Bolt was a member of the Security Service (MI5), serving in a range of operational and policy roles, from Executive Officer to Assistant Under Secretary (Director).[1]
From 2001 to 2010 he edited the annual UK Threat Assessment of Organised Crime.[1]
He was Deputy Director General at National Crime Intelligence Service between 2001 and 2006, with responsibility for the Corporate Governance Division and Strategic Intelligence.[1]
Between 2006 and 2010 he was Executive Director of Intelligence at Serious Organised Crime Agency, with responsibility for knowledge management, tasking and co-ordination and covert collection.[1]
Mr Bolt spent five years as Chief Executive of the International Federation of Spirits Producers (IFSP) Ltd, which works to combat the counterfeiting of its members’ distilled spirits.[1]