Nick Ephgrave | |
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| Director of the Serious Fraud Office | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2023 | |
| Minister | Victoria Prentis |
| Preceded by | Lisa Osofsky |
| Assistant Commissioner Frontline Policing Metropolitan Police Service | |
| In office September 2020 –September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Simmons |
| Assistant Commissioner Met Operations Metropolitan Police Service | |
| In office January 2019 –September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Steve House |
| Succeeded by | Louisa Rolfe |
| Chief Constable of Surrey Police | |
| In office December 2015 –January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Lynne Owens |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Stephens |
| Personal details | |
| Profession | Police officer |
Nicholas Bevan Ephgrave QPM is a senior British police officer. He is the Director of the Serious Fraud Office. [1] He was previously Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service. He was senior investigating officer on the re-investigation of Damilola Taylor's murder.
Ephgrave was born in Surrey,England. His first career was as a physicist in the National Health Service (NHS). [2]
He first became an officer in the Metropolitan Police Service,rising to Commander of Lambeth Borough before becoming Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2016-2018). [3] He then returned to the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations. [4] [5] In June 2016 he received the Queen's Police Medal. He also headed the National Police Chiefs' Council's Coordination Committee on Criminal Justice [6] and was due to leave the Metropolitan Police to take up a new temporary post with the Council later in 2022. [7]
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
 | Queen's Police Medal (QPM) |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal |
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 | Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | |
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