Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale

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Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
9 December 2014
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Nationality
British
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
OccupationIntelligence officer
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceSecurity Service
Years of service1980–2013
RankDirector General

Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale,

counter-intelligence service. He took over the role on the retirement of his predecessor Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller on 21 April 2007. Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker
on 22 April 2013.

Early life

Evans was educated at

classical studies.[2][3]

Career at MI5

Evans joined the Security Service in 1980, and initially worked in counter espionage.

September 11, 2001 attacks), a position which put him on the service's board of management. In 2005, he became Deputy Director General before being promoted to head the organisation in 2007.[7]

In November 2007, Evans talked publicly about the threat the UK faces from digital espionage.

drone strike on 30 September 2011.[11]

Evans was appointed

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to defence.[12] Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker on 22 April 2013.[13][14]

Life peer, fellowships and directorships

After retiring as Director General, Evans joined the Board of

HSBC Holdings as a Non-Executive Director.[15] He is also a non-executive director of Ark Data Centres,[16][17] a Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute[18] and an Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews.[19] From 2014 to 2015 he was a non-executive director of the National Crime Agency.[20] He has written occasionally in the Sunday Times on classic cars.[21]

On 21 October 2014, it was announced that he was to become a

County of Kent, on 3 December 2014.[23] In January 2015 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent,[24] and on 1 November 2018 he was appointed Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life for a 5-year term.[25] In November 2023, The HALO Trust announced him as the new Chair of their Board of Trustees.[26]

References

  1. ^ EVANS Jonathan, World Who's Who (Europa Biographical Reference)
  2. ^ Administrator. "Iris Online". irisonline.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6
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  4. ^ a b Gordon Corera (7 March 2007). "From the Cold War to al-Qaeda". BBC News. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  5. ^ Leppard, David (17 December 2006). "New MI5 boss is top expert on Al-Qaeda". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  6. ^ Cobain, Ian (9 January 2007). "MI5 told MPs on eve of 7/7: no imminent terror threat". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  7. ^ "MI5 deputy to take over as head". BBC News. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  8. ^ "BBC NEWS - Business - MI5 warns over China spy threat". bbc.co.uk. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Quango chiefs' salaries revealed". BBC News. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  10. ^ Peter Johnston (17 September 2010). "Anwar al Awlaki: the new Osama bin Laden?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki 'killed in Yemen'". BBC News. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  12. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 2.
  13. ^ "Appointment of the new Director General of the Security Service". Home Office. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Director General". MI5. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  15. ^ "BBC News - HSBC appoints ex-MI5 chief Sir Jonathan Evans to board". Bbc.co.uk. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Ark Data Centres announces appointment of Jonathan Evans". DataCentres.com. Retrieved 16 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ Evans, Peter (29 December 2019). "Boeing sues Ark Data Centres, where former MI5 boss is a director". Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Baron Evans of Weardale". RUSI. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  19. ^ "CSTPV - Jonathan Evans". St-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  20. ^ "National Crime Agency - Resignation of non-executive director". nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  21. ^ Kerbaj, Richard; Rufford, Nick (28 April 2013). "The one thing Q wouldn't give me". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  22. ^ "Press Notice: Peerages conferred". www.gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  23. ^ "No. 61068". The London Gazette. 8 December 2014. p. 23622.
  24. ^ "No. 61120". The London Gazette. 6 February 2015. p. 1094.
  25. ^ "Prime Minister appoints new committee chairs". Cabinet Office. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  26. ^ "Jonathan Evans Joins HALO as Chairman". The HALO Trust. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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Preceded by
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller
 Director General of MI5
2007–2013 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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