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Anne Keast-Butler
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Anne Keast-Butler | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Government Communications Headquarters | |
| Assumed office May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak Sir Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Fleming |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anne Louise Keast-Butler 1970 (age 55–56) Cambridge, England |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Intelligence |
| Known for | Director of GCHQ (2023–) |
Anne Louise Keast-Butler (born 1970) is the Director of GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, cyber and security agency. Appointed in May 2023,[1][2][3] she is the seventeenth person to hold the role and succeeded Sir Jeremy Fleming.[1]
Career
[edit]Keast-Butler joined GCHQ from MI5, where she was Deputy Director General, responsible for MI5's operational, investigative, and protective security work. This has included MI5's – and the allies' – preparation for and response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
In her previous Director General role, Keast-Butler was Director General Strategy, leading the enabling functions that support MI5's operational activities.[1]
Prior to this, Keast-Butler spent two years on secondment to GCHQ as Head of Counter Terrorism and Serious Organised Crime and has also spent part of the last decade on secondment in Whitehall.[2] While there, she helped to launch the National Cyber Security Programme.[3]
She was appointed Honorary Colonel Joint Service Signal Unit (Reserves) on 1 December 2024, with a commission as local colonel for the duration of the appointment.[4] She was also made an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 2024.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Keast-Butler grew up in Cambridge. Her father was a consultant ophthalmologist with academic roles at the University of Cambridge.[6] She studied for a degree in mathematics from Merton College, Oxford.[2]
She is married, with three children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "New Director GCHQ announced". www.gchq.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Quinn, Ben (11 April 2023). "Anne Keast-Butler to become first female director of GCHQ". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Anne Keast-Butler to be first female director at GCHQ". BBC News. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "No. 64628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 2025. p. 504.
- ^ "Fellows' Honours and Appointments" (PDF). Postmaster and the Merton Record. UK: Merton College, Oxford. 2024. p. 117. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Downing, John (13 April 2023). "Cambridge woman Anne Keast-Butler to be first female director at GCHQ". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 3 November 2023.