Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Debate
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Baroness May of Maidenhead
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Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Baroness May of Maidenhead Excerpts(9 years, 9 months ago)
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The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)
I am pleased to announce Mr David Bolt’s appointment as the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration. The appointment has been made in accordance with the UK Borders Act 2007 following a fair and open competition. The appointment will be for a fixed term of two years. Mr Bolt will take up post as soon as possible.
David Bolt is currently chief executive of the International Federation of Spirits Producers, an organisation whose purpose is to combat the counterfeiting of its members’ distilled spirits. Between 2006 and 2010 he was executive director of intelligence at the Serious Organised Crime Agency with responsibility for knowledge management, tasking and co-ordination and covert collection. He was deputy director-general at the National Criminal Intelligence Service between 2001 and 2006 with responsibility for the corporate governance division.
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