Commissioner – Mr Mike Bowron

Role
Commissioner Bowron is responsible for the effective and efficient leadership and management of the City of London Police.

Career
Mike Bowron took up the post of Commissioner in July 2006 having previously served as Assistant Commissioner for 4 years.

He joined the Sussex Police in 1980 having previously enjoyed a 4-year career in the Insurance world working for a Lloyd’s broker.

He rose to the rank of Chief Superintendent in Sussex before transferring to Kent as Assistant Chief Constable in 1997, where he served for 5 years.

He has served on two overseas postings, firstly in the Czech Republic following the “Velvet Revolution” and in 2000 in Indonesia where he was tasked with separating the National Police from the Indonesian Army. He also enjoyed a posting to New Scotland yard where he was the ACPO advisor and head of the European Policy Analysis Unit.

In 1995 Mike attended the Strategic Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill and is also a graduate of its Special Course. He holds an upper second Honours Degree in Sociology from Sussex University.

He is the ACPO National lead on Economic Crime as well as Business Continuity, and is also Secretary of Police Sport (UK).

He was awarded the Queens Police Medal in the Queens Birthday Honour list in 2007 and in November 2008 received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from City University. In 2007 he was appointed a Commissioner of Lieutenancy for the City of London and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2007 he graduated from the FBI National Executive Programme.

Mikes passion outside policing is athletics. He has represented the British Police cross-country team and has run a sub 3-hour marathon.