Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson ; (policeman, accountant, deep state functionary?);
	Acting SFO/Director
In office
	21 April 2018 - 27 August 2018
Preceded by	David Green
Succeeded by	Lisa Osofsky
	SFO/CFO
In office
	May 2015 - Present
Employer	SFO
	SFO/Head of Proceeds of Crime Division
In office
	2012 - 2016
Employer	SFO

Not to be confused with Mark Thompson (BBC)

Mark Thompson is a former acting SFO director.

Career

Thompson worked as a police officer with the UK Metropolitan Police before qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1997. He then worked for the National Audit Office and KPMG Forensic.^[1]

In 2004 he joined the SFO. In addition to working as chief financial officer, Thompson became acting SFO director in April 2018.^[2]

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21. January, coinciding with the start of the meeting.