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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