Brian Tovey
Sir Brian John Maynard Tovey
Career
Born in
Tovey's tenure as director at GCHQ was not an easy one: industrial action in 1981 led later to the banning of
Following his retirement from GCHQ, Tovey became a consultant advising firms including Plessey[5] on dealing with Government departments. He served during this time as the chair of the Joint Electronics and Telecommunications Security Export Control Committee (JETSECC) of the Federation of the Electronics Industry.[6] Later he was the founding chairman of the UK Mind Sports Olympiad,[7] and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Learning Skills Foundation[1] and Trustee of the Naval and Military Club.[8]
Tovey maintained an interest in Italian art of the 13th to 17th centuries. He worked on a biography of the life and times of
References
- ^ a b c "Learning Skills foundation profile". Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "No. 48041". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1979. p. 2.
- ^ Union crusade rewarded as Cook lifts GCHQ ban The Independent, 16 May 1997
- ^ Federation of American Scientists: For UK Eyes Alpha
- ^ Hansard 22 March 1984
- ^ See, for example, " The Stationery Office Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Britain's Mind Games end in debt and tears[dead link] The Independent, 13 March 2001
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Brian Tovey". The Telegraph. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ John K. Cooley, Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism, Pluto Press, 1999