[1] In this role, he worked closely with the Chairman of the Police Committee, Alderman Simon Walsh, and chaired the Force's senior decision-making forum, the Strategic Management Board (SMB).
He has completed the Government Cabinet Office 'Top Management' programme and was a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute.
At a strategic level he headed the Commissioner's Policy Unit at New Scotland Yard, and was a member of a small team of senior staff implementing a major restructuring of the Metropolitan Police.
As Assistant Chief Constable of the Surrey Police, he initially held the support services portfolio, with responsibility for human resources, finance, information technology and administration of justice.
Responsibility for both general and specialist operational matters followed, including management of the territorial divisions, and overall responsibility for partnership activities - working with statutory and voluntary agencies within the county to enhance community safety and crime reduction.