Mark Rowley
Sir Mark Peter Rowley QPM (/ˈroʊli/; born November 1964) is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.
Mark Rowley | |
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Rowley in 2023 | |
| Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2022 | |
| Deputy | Dame Lynne Owens |
| Home Secretary |
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| Mayor | Sadiq Khan |
| Preceded by | Dame Cressida Dick |
| Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Cressida Dick |
| Succeeded by | Neil Basu |
| Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Crime and Operations | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Lynne Owens |
| Chief Constable of Surrey Police | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Quick |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Owens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1964 (age 59) |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
He was the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police Service and the concurrent Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing. He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009–2011), and also served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017. He retired from the police in March 2018.
In July 2022, it was announced that he would return to policing in the role of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, replacing former Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. He was sworn in as Commissioner on 12 September 2022.