Kevin Tebbit
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Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit, KCB
CMG
(born 1946)) is a former British civil servant.
and St John's College, Cambridge
. From January to July 1998, Tebbit was director of GCHQ. Following this he became the Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence before retiring in November 2005 to take up posts in industry and academia.
, based at Chipping Norton. He is also Visiting Professor in history at Queen Mary, University of London
. He is chairman of the defence company Finmeccanica
UK.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
CMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
(born 1946)) is a former British civil servant.
Career
He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for BoysCambridgeshire High School for Boys
The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys was founded as the Cambridge and County School for Boys in Cambridge, England, in 1900.-History:...
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
. From January to July 1998, Tebbit was director of GCHQ. Following this he became the Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence before retiring in November 2005 to take up posts in industry and academia.
Affiliations
He is a governor of the conference-organising Ditchley FoundationDitchley Foundation
The Ditchley Foundation is a British organisation based at Ditchley House near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, which aims to promote international relations, especially Anglo-American relations, through a programme of around fifteen annual conferences on matters of international interest...
, based at Chipping Norton. He is also Visiting Professor in history at Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. He is chairman of the defence company Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italian conglomerate. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and energy...
UK.