Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe

Former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

 

During his tenure as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Hogan-Howe was the most senior policeman in the UK. He led an organisation of nearly 50,000 people with a budget of £3.6 billion. He was directly accountable to the Home Secretary, was supervised by Parliamentary committees and had national responsibilities which included leading counter-terrorism policing throughout the UK and protecting the Royal Family and senior members of the government both at home and abroad.

Lord Hogan-Howe successfully delivered numerous strategic objectives and efficiency improvements whilst at the Met and has significant experience in driving cultural change and in designing and implementing new strategies to transform corporate identities and objectives. He has a proven track record of ensuring excellent operational performance and human resource management, working with government, media and inter-agency communication.

He has collaborated successfully with numerous organisations in the UK, including MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, as well as with foreign policing and security organisations around the world. He has successfully delivered policing for many high profile national and international sporting events such as the 2012 London Olympics, Premier League and international football fixtures, the Grand National and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

He has expertise in both traditional and cyber security, as well as deep understanding and practical experience of counter-terrorism and government policy, including major national and international security exercises.

He has strong connections with the Middle East and across Europe, in particular Switzerland, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.