1. Sir David Bruce Omand was born on 15 April 1947 and is a British former senior civil servant who served as the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters from 1996 to 1997.
14 Facts About David Omand
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David Omand's father, Bruce, was a justice of the peace.
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David Omand was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Year Honours.
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In 2003 David Omand participated in the development of the United Kingdom's general counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST.
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David Omand was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 2004 Birthday Honours.
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David Omand retired from the Cabinet Office in April 2005.
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On 20 January 2010, David Omand gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry.
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Since leaving the government, David Omand has landed jobs with several military-related companies.
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David Omand has been a non-executive director at UK arms company Babcock International and Italian arms company Leonardo-Finmeccanica and has worked as an adviser to the Society of British Aerospace Companies.
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David Omand is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and is a vice-president of the Royal United Services Institute.
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In COMEC Occasional Papers David Omand wrote about civil-military relationships in 2018.
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In October 2020, David Omand participated in a TEDx conference in Lambeth, where he spoke about ideas from his book, How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence.
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David Omand married Elizabeth Wales in 1971; they have two children.
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David Omand served a four-year term on the board of the Natural History Museum, London, starting in 2006.