Keynote Speaker

Biography:

Brian commenced his career in the United Kingdom police in 1978 undertaking roles both in Uniform and as a Detective. He has worked for the National Drugs Intelligence Unit and was the first UK police officer to work in HM Customs and Excise International Liaison section as well as the National Criminal Intelligence Service heading the bilateral liaison officer network. During these attachments, he has been a Liaison Officer for the United Kingdom based in Brussels and was the Head of the UK Delegation at Europol in The Hague. On joining the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in 2006, he headed the Central National Bureau for INTERPOL, the Europol National Office and UK Central Authority for European Arrest Warrants. In October 2007, on secondment from SOCA, he was appointed to his current role based at the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France.