Robert Hannigan | |
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Warden of Wadham College, Oxford | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ken Macdonald |
Director of the Government Communications Headquarters | |
In office November 2014 – April 2017 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Minister | Philip Hammond Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Iain Lobban |
Succeeded by | Jeremy Fleming |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Gloucestershire |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford Heythrop College, University of London |
Occupation | Intelligence officer |
Robert Peter Hannigan CMG (born 1965) is a cybersecurity specialist who has been Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, since 2021. He was a senior British civil servant who previously served as the director of the signals intelligence and cryptography agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and established the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.[1] His sudden resignation as director was announced on 23 January 2017, and he stepped down at the end of April 2017 to pursue a career in private sector cyber security, academia and as a security commentator.[2][3][4] In 2021 he became Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.
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