Lindy Cameron, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is set to depart her job early next year to take up a diplomatic posting, according to reports.
Cameron had been expected to stay in her role until 2025. The NCSC is now advertising for her successor, with the listing uploaded to the British government’s civil service jobs site on Wednesday December 13.
Following publication, a spokesperson for NCSC confirmed that Cameron was leaving for an overseas post.
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“We are very grateful for her leadership during her three-and-a-half year tenure and wish her all the best in her next role,” they added.
Cameron, who began her career in the civil service at the Department for International Development (DFID), leaves the NCSC after just over three years in the role, having entered the office amid the Covid-19 pandemic in August 2020.
The location of her new diplomatic posting is not yet known at the time of writing.
