Director General
National Crime Agency
Graeme Biggar CBE was appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in August 2022, having led the Agency on an interim basis since October 2021. Graeme joined the NCA as the Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) in March 2019. Prior to the NCA, Graeme was the Director of National Security in the Home Office, Chief of Staff to the Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and held a range of other senior Civil Service roles.
Graeme led the NECC, which is a collaborative, multi-agency centre established to deliver a step change in the response to tackling serious organised economic crime, with a focus on fraud and money laundering.
As Director National of Security in the Home Office, Graeme worked on countering terrorism and state threats. His experience includes helping shape the response to the 2017 terrorist attacks, the 2018 chemical weapon attack in Salisbury, and overseeing the use of Investigatory Powers across government.
From 2013 to 2016, Graeme was the Chief of Staff to the Defence Secretary, where he was responsible for assisting successive Defence Secretaries in developing and implementing their priorities. Prior to that, Graeme held a range of positions in the Ministry of Defence, including on operational policy, security, organisational reform and efficiency. Earlier in his career, Graeme spent three years in the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, and one year on secondment to the New Zealand Ministry of Defence.
Graeme has a degree in Modern History from Oxford University and a masters in International Security Studies from the Royal College of Defence Studies and Kings College London. He was awarded a CBE in 2019 in recognition of his services to national security.
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Saturday, October 14, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
