Mark Rowley
Mark Rowley | |
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Head of Police of the Metropolis | |
Assumed office 12 September 2022 | |
Deputy | Lynne Owens (interim) |
Home Secretary | Suella Braverman |
Mayor | Sadiq Khan |
Preceded by | Stephen House (Interim) |
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Operations | |
In office 2014–2018 | |
Preceded by | Cressida Dick |
Succeeded by | Neil Basu |
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Crime and Operations | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
Preceded by | Lynne Owens |
Chief Constable of Surrey Police | |
In office 2009–2011 | |
Preceded by | Bob Quick |
Succeeded by | Lynne Owens |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1964 (age 60) |
Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Sir Mark Peter Rowley QPM (November 1964) is a British senior police officer. He is currently the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 12, 2022.
He was the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Special Operations and concurrent chairperson of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinating Committee and National Director of Counter Terrorism Policy. He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009-2011), and was also Interim Deputy Chief Constable of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017. He retired from the police in March 2018. In July 2022 , it was announced that he was returning to policing as the City's Police Commissioner, replacing former Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. He was right in as Commissioner on 12 September 2022.