Nigel Inkster

Nigel Norman Inkster CMG (born April 1952)[1] is the former director of operations and intelligence for the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, also known as MI6),[2][3] and is currently the Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).[4][5]

Inkster was educated at Oxford and joined SIS in 1975, for which he served in posts in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Beijing, and Hong Kong. He rose to become deputy to SIS chief Richard Dearlove, and was widely assumed to be in line for the top spot when Dearlove announced his departure in 2003. The selection of John Scarlett instead of Inkster was the subject of considerable political controversy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 West, Nigel (2006). At Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Chiefs of Britain's Intelligence Agency, MI6. Naval Institute Press. pp. 264ff. ISBN 978-1591140092. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Nigel Inkster". The Guardian (London). April 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ex MI-6 officer sees ISI’s hand in Kabul embassy attack". The News International. March 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Giegerich, Bastian (2010). Europe and Global Security (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-0415669344.
  5. ↑ Roula Khalaf and Sam Jones (17 June 2014). "Selling terror: how Isis details its brutality". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 June 2014.