Graeme Biggar will take up the interim appointment when Dame Lynne Owens steps down on Monday 4 October
Home Secretary Priti Patel has appointed Graeme Biggar CBE as interim Director General of the National Crime Agency when Dame Lynne Owens steps down on Monday 4 October.
The move follows Dame Lynne’s recent announcement of her retirement and will provide stability and continuity while work is underway to select a substantive successor through a competitive recruitment process.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
Commenting on his appointment, Graeme Biggar said:
Graeme Biggar has been the Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre since March 2019, a multi-agency centre established to deliver a step change in the response to tackling Serious Organised Economic Crime.
Prior to joining the NCA, Graeme was the Home Office Director National Security providing leadership on the pursue element of the counter terrorism strategy and hostile state activity. Before the Home Office Graeme worked for the MoD in a series of positions including Chief of Staff to the Defence Secretary from 2013 until 2016.
The process for selecting a substantive Director General will be set out shortly.