Sir Richard Dearlove is Chairman of Ascot Underwriting at Lloyds, a Director of the Ascot Group of Insurance Companies, a Director of Kosmos Energy, Chairman of Crossword Cybersecurity and advisor to several other international companies. He was the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 to 2004, previously its Director of Operations, and as Director of Finance and Administration oversaw the Service’s move into its Headquarters at Vauxhall Cross. During his 40 year intelligence career he served as an operational officer in Nairobi, Prague, Paris, Geneva, and Washington.
Sir Richard is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of London. He was Master of Pembroke College Cambridge until 2015 and also served as a Deputy VIce Chancellor of the University Of Cambridge. He is also the founder and Chair of the Cambridge Security Initiative, an educational charity and think tank which promotes security and intelligence studies.