Home Office appoints director of homeland security
Former National Cyber Security Centre strategy director will lead Office for Security and Counter Terrorism
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Chloe Squires, who co-authored the UK’s first cyber security strategy, has been appointed director of homeland security, overseeing counter-terrorism work.
Squires is the first to hold the title and replaces Tom Hurd, who led the department’s Office for Security and Counter Terrorism before stepping down last month.
She has spent the last two years as the Home Office’s director for national security, joining the department in 2019 from the National Cyber Security Centre.
New Director General for Homeland Security announced
New head of Homeland Security took up the role at the beginning of April.
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7 April 2021
Chloe Squires has been appointed as the new Director General for Homeland Security at the Home Office and Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism, replacing Tom Hurd who stepped down last month.
Chloe Squires, who took up the role on 1 April, has been with the Home Office since 2019 and has spent over a decade working across the national security community. Before joining the Home Office, she was Director of Strategy at the National Cyber Security Centre.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
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Chloe Squires
Chloe Squires is the Director General for Homeland Security in the Home Office.
Prior to this appointment, she was Director National Security in the Home Office (from May 2019) and led on a range of national security issues including aspects of Counter Terrorism, the domestic response to Hostile State Activity, implementation of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act and associated oversight mechanisms, the operational relationship with MI5 and the use of national security related immigration and disruption powers.
After graduating with a degree in History from Oxford University, Chloe joined the UK Civil Service Fast Stream. She has spent most of her career working in the national security sphere on both domestic and international issues including stints in the FCDO and Cabinet Office. Amongst other areas she has led on NATO, national security legislation and compliance and crisis management.