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Attended Hymers College:
1989 - 1996
What makes this nominee inspiring?
Chloë Squires is the Director General for Homeland Security in the Home Office. The Homeland Security group sits at the heart of the UK’s national security system, setting strategic direction and playing a crucial role enabling role in national security and law enforcement operations. Its mission is to reduce national security risks to the UK’s people, prosperity and freedoms. It focuses on the highest harm risks to the homeland, whether from terrorists, state actors, or cyber and economic criminals.
Prior to this appointment, she was Director National Security in the Home Office 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, Chloë 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.
Cyber security has been a theme throughout Chloë’s career, having jointly authored the UK’s first Cyber Security Strategy. She has since worked as both Director Cyber in the FCDO and as Director of Strategy, as part of the team who set up the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre in 2016.