24th Oct 2006 13:29
QinetiQ Group plc24 October 2006 QinetiQ appoints ex-CIA head as non-executive director George Tenet joins QinetiQ board QinetiQ Group plc, the international defence and security technology company,today announces the appointment of George Tenet as an independent non-executivedirector, with immediate effect. Tenet was one of the longest serving directorsin the history of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), holding office from1997 to 2004. Tenet was sworn in as the 18th director of Central Intelligence in July 1997,and under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush led efforts to rebuild andmodernise the CIA's capacity to acquire, analyse and disseminate criticalintelligence information. Prior to this appointment he held the positions of CIAdeputy director and acting director. Commenting on the appointment, QinetiQ's chairman Sir John Chisholm said: "I amextremely pleased to welcome George Tenet to QinetiQ. His extraordinary trackrecord and experience in the fields of intelligence and security areparticularly relevant as we continue to focus on the US defence and securitymarket." He added: "We now have a full complement of non-executive directors, all of whombring outstanding expertise to the company." Tenet said: "I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to working with theQinetiQ team. I am especially interested in the capacity of the company'stechnologies to meet a number of the challenges faced by our nations' militaryand intelligence personnel." Other senior posts held during Tenet's distinguished career in US federalgovernment include staff director of the Senate Committee on Intelligence andmembership of the National Security Council. He is currently a professor atWashington's Georgetown University, a board director of Guidance Software Incand L-1 Identity Solutions and sits on the advisory board of The AnalysisCorporation. Tenet was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highestcivilian honour, in December 2004. He has received numerous foreign decorations,being the first American to receive the Egyptian Order of Merit (First Class)and the first non-Canadian to be awarded the Canadian Security IntelligenceService Gold Medal. - ends - RNS QinetiQ appoints ex-CIA head as non-executive director George Tenet joins QinetiQ board QinetiQ Group plc, the international defence and security technology company,today announces the appointment of George Tenet as an independent non-executivedirector, with immediate effect. Tenet was one of the longest serving directorsin the history of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), holding office from1997 to 2004. Tenet was sworn in as the 18th director of Central Intelligence in July 1997,and under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush led efforts to rebuild andmodernise the CIA's capacity to acquire, analyse and disseminate criticalintelligence information. Prior to this appointment he held the positions of CIAdeputy director and acting director. He is currently a professor at Washington'sGeorgetown University, a board director of Guidance Software Inc and L-1Identity Solutions and sits on the advisory board of The Analysis Corporation. Commenting on the appointment, QinetiQ's chairman Sir John Chisholm said: "I amextremely pleased to welcome George Tenet to QinetiQ. His extraordinary trackrecord and experience in the fields of intelligence and security areparticularly relevant as we continue to focus on the US defence and securitymarket." Tenet said: "I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to working with theQinetiQ team. I am especially interested in the capacity of the company'stechnologies to meet a number of the challenges faced by our nations' militaryand intelligence personnel." - ends - RNS (in the event of a leak) QinetiQ non-executive director QinetiQ Group plc confirms that it is in discussion with George Tenet, directorof the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1997-2004, with regard to theposition of independent non-executive director. QinetiQ's intention to recruit one further independent non-executive directorwith significant US experience was set out in its flotation Prospectus and inits Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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