Kevin Tebbit

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Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit KCB CMG (born 1946[1]) is a British civil servant. From January to July 1998, Tebbit was director of GCHQ[2][3]. Following this he became the Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence before retiring in November 2005.[4]

Tebbit was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and St John's College, Cambridge.[1]

He is a governor of the conference-organising Ditchley Foundation, based at Chipping Norton.[5]

[edit] Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Richard Mottram		 Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence
1998 - 2005		 Succeeded by
Sir William (Bill) Jeffrey
Preceded by
Sir David Omand		 Director of GCHQ
January - July 1998		 Succeeded by
Sir Francis Richards

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "TEBBIT, Sir Kevin Reginald (1946 - )", Debrett's People of Today, 2004
  2. ^ Guardian, "Profile: Sir Kevin Tebbit", August 20, 2003.
  3. ^ House of Commons - Public Accounts - Minutes of Evidence
  4. ^ http://www.smiths-group.com/page.aspx?pointerid=9B24743C61104F0FB7161B94011BB509,
  5. ^ The Ditchley Foundation: The Governors.
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