Allegiance United Kingdom Nationality British Rank Director General Role MI5 officer | Active 1983–present Name Andrew Parker Service Security Service Occupation Intelligence officer | |
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Alma mater University of Cambridge | ||
Andrew Parker (born 1962) is the Director-General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service.
Biography
Parker was educated at Churchill College, Cambridge where he studied natural sciences. He joined the Security Service in 1983. He was seconded to HM Customs and Excise as Director Intelligence in 1999 before becoming Director, International Terrorism at the Security Service in February 2005. After leading the Security Service's response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, he became Deputy Director-General in 2007.
Parker went on to become Director-General of the Service in April 2013. As of 2015, Parker was paid a salary of between £165,000 and £169,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.
