Lloyd's insurer Ascot names former top spy as chairman.Lloyd's insurer Ascot Ascot (ăs`kət), town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains an important social and fashion event, attended by the royal family. Underwriting Ltd. has reached into the world of espionage in naming Sir Richard Dearlove For the DJ Richard Dearlove, known as "Diddy", see Diddy (dance act) Sir Richard Billing Dearlove, KCMG, OBE (born 23 January 1945) was head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 until 6 May 2004. , former head of the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service, as its next chairman. Dearlove succeeds James Prior, a former Conservative Party politician who served as Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. secretary in the 1980s. Prior has been in his post since Ascot was launched in 2001. The appointment was made Nov. 28 at the Ascot board meeting, the company said. The Intelligence Service is responsible for collecting sensitive information from abroad. It is widely known as MI6, short for Military Intelligence--Division Six. While the name is well known to James Bond fans, it has fallen out of official use. Its domestic intelligence counterpart is referred to as MI5. Ascot Chief Executive Martin Reith cited in a statement Dearlove's communications skills and his "enviable network of contacts and vast management experience from his time in the intelligence service during which time he rose to the very top." After joining MI6 in 1966, Dearlove served in Nairobi, Kenya; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Paris; Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland; and Washington. He became director of operations in 1994 and was named to lead the agency in 1999. He retired in 2004. Dearlove has served on the international advisory board of American International Group
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (NYSE: AIG; TYO: 8685 ) is a major American insurance corporation based in New York City. Inc., which supports Ascot. |
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