Duncan joined IPS in mid 2007 prior to this he was the managing director of the security division of QinetiQ PLC, joining from Generics AG where he was a key part of the team that listed the company on the London Exchange. Prior to this he was the Group CTO of The Post Office in the United Kingdom. Duncan was the senior non executive director of Northgate PLC for seven years, and combines his role at IPS with a number of other activities including directorships in the health, and security industries, leading a European blue chip innovation network, and a visiting professorship at York University.
Duncan has overall accountability for security and counter fraud for IPS and manages the co-ordination of risk and integrity for the passport service and the National Identity Scheme. He also has external interests the security industry, leads a European blue chip innovation network and is a visiting professor at York University.
Julie Gillis has over 20 years’ experience of working in the Immigration Service and is the current Director of the UK Border Agency’s e-Borders Programme.
Julie’s previous role was as Deputy Director, Border Control responsible for Operational Design and Development; this involved leading on matters relating to the Identity Management of those passing through UK Borders and Border Control infrastructure design. Prior to this, Julie managed the implementation of a National Confidential Intelligence System and intelligence structures across the Border and Immigration Agency.
During her time, Julie has driven through transformation by engagement and consultation with staff and a wide variety of stakeholders including other government departments and industry; managed conflicting priorities, negotiated change and gained commitment; built multi-functionals killed and diverse teams; and developed productive relationships with senior border agency representatives, port operators and air and sea carriers.
Furthermore, Julie has directed complex change programmes and managed Frontline staff, 24/7 operational units and specialist intelligence units focusing on immigration crime and passport abuse. Julie has gained personal credibility with Ministers, senior management and staff, having been called on in times of crisis to lead Government Taskforces with rapid delivery.
Ian has spent most of his career in work associated with the UK’s armed forces. During the 1980s he had roles at the NATO Defence College in Rome, HM Naval Base, Rosyth and the Arms Control Unit, before becoming Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence, then head of the MOD’s Defence Lands Secretariat during the post-Cold War review of defence policy.
During the 1990s Ian had roles as senior civilian on the staff of British Forces in Germany, managing director of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, and Chief Executive of what is now the Defence Estates Agency. Between 2002 and 2008 Ian served as Second Permanent Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and as the member of the Defence Board with responsibility for transforming the effectiveness of the management of defence. He retired from the MOD at the end of March this year.
He was appointed Chair of the Serious Organised Crime Agency on 3 August 2009.
Duties related to the European Union:
- Director of the EU Risk Analysis Centre (RAC) 2003–2005
- Co-chairman of the Council Working Party Frontiers 1999
- Head of national delegation at the EU Working Party Frontiers 1998 – 2005
- National representative at the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum
(SCIFA) 1999–2002 and the Common Unit of External Border Practitioners 2002–2005
- National representative at the Council WP Schengen Evaluation 1999–2005
- Chairman of the Schengen Visiting Committee in Greece 1999
- National representative at the Schengen Visiting Committee in Greece 1998
- Finnish Representative in the Nordic Schengen Steering Group 1999–2003
- Expert of the European Commission to the Turkish project: National Strategy for Border
Management 2002–2003
- Project Manager: Common Integrated Risk Analysis Model 2002–2003
- National co-ordinator at the multinational consortium on the Border Management Project in
Central Asia ”BOMCA” 2003–2005
- Co-manager,:Austrian-Belgian-Finnish project ”Police and Border Security” 2001–2002
- Adviser to the Belgian EU Presidency on the project: "EU/Schengen Catalogue; external
borders, removal and readmission (recommendations and best practices)" 2000–2001
- Representative at the national EU sub-committee 6 on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum
1998–2000 and 2002-2005
- Several lectures and presentations related to the EU border security matters at seminars and
workshops
National duties:
- Deputy Head of Division, Frontier Guard HQ (Director of International Affairs) 2002–2005
- Counsellor (Justice and Home Affairs), Permanent Representation of Finland to the
European Union 2000-2002
- Co-ordinator of the Frontier Guard Headquarters on Schengen and EU affairs 1998-2000
- Chief Information Officer of the Finnish Frontier Guard 1998-2000
- Deputy Commander of the South-East Frontier Guard District 1997-1998
- Chief of Operations, Headquarters of the South-East Frontier Guard District 1995–1997
- Deputy Regional Border Delegate at the Finno-Russian Border 1997–1998
- Secretary of the Regional Border Delegate 1995 –1997
Rank and Education:
Brigadier General, Border Guard 2006
General Staff Officer’s Diploma 1995, Border Guard Officer’s examination 1985
Supreme Staff Officers’ Course 2003, National Defence Course 2004
Gordon Corera is the Security Correspondent for BBC News. In that role he covers counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation and international security issues for BBC TV, Radio and Online. He was appointed Security Correspondent in June 2004.
He joined the BBC in 1997 and has worked as the US affairs analyst, the head of world affairs research and as a foreign affairs reporter for the Today programme. He has reported from across the United States, Asia, Africa and the Middle East for the BBC, including covering Iraq before and after the 2003 war, Guantanamo Bay, the September 11th attacks and the Madrid and London bombings. He is the author of Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity and the Rise and Fall of the AQ Khan Network.
Gordon Corera was educated at Oxford University where he studied Modern History, and Harvard Graduate School where he was a Frank Knox Fellow.
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