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Nicholas Bevan Ephgrave is a senior British police officer. He is the Director of the Serious Fraud Office. He was previously Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service. He was senior investigating officer on the re-investigation of Damilola Taylor's murder.
Early life and education
Ephgrave was born inSurrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
, England. His first career was as a physicist in the National Health Service (NHS).
Policing career
He first became an officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, rising toCommander
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many army, armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countri ...
of Lambeth Borough before becoming Chief Constable of Surrey Police
Surrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Counties of England, county of Surrey in South East England.
The force is currently led by Chief Constable Tim De Meyer.
The force has its headquarters at Mount Brown ...
(2016-2018). He then returned to the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations
Met Operations, also known as Met Ops, is one of the eight business groups which forms the Metropolitan Police Service and is responsible for providing operational support services. It was created during the 2018–19 restructuring of the service ...
. In June 2016 he received the Queen's Police Medal
The King's Police Medal (KPM) is awarded to police in the United Kingdom for gallantry or distinguished service. It was also formerly awarded within the wider British Empire, including Commonwealth countries, most of which now have their own hono ...
. He also headed the National Police Chiefs' Council
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is a national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for senior police officers in the United Kingdom. Established on 1 April 2015, it replaced the forme ...
's Coordination Committee on Criminal Justice and was due to leave the Metropolitan Police to take up a new temporary post with the Council later in 2022.
On December 8th, 2024, Mister Ephgrave has raised concerns about a significant " brain drain" of whistleblower
Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe, unethical or ...
s leaving the country due to the absence of financial incentives. This situation is severely impacting the Serious Fraud Office's ability to combat corporate fraud, as many whistleblowers with critical information on economic crimes are opting to provide their intelligence to jurisdictions like the United States, where they can receive monetary rewards for their disclosures.
Ephgrave is advocating for the establishment of a similar reward scheme in the UK that would compensate whistleblowers for information leading to successful convictions. He emphasized that the current lack of incentives represents a substantial missed opportunity for tackling financial misconduct. Ephgrave pointed out that if this situation pertained to issues like terrorism or child abuse, there would be widespread outrage; thus, he argues that a proactive approach is necessary to enhance the UK's capacity to address serious fraud and corruption effectively.
Honours
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British Chief Constables Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis 20th-century births English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Metropolitan Police recipients of the Queen's Police Medal {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub