Name
Rob Jones CBE
Job Title
Director General
Company
National Economic Crime Centre (NECC)
Speaker Bio
Rob has 30 years’ Law Enforcement experience in a variety of criminal investigation and intelligence collection roles in HM Customs and Excise, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and, most recently, the National Crime Agency (NCA).
In 2013 Rob joined the NCA as Head of Operations in the Border Policing Command where he led the national response to the investigation of detections of drugs, firearms, and cash at the UK Border. In 2017 he was appointed to the role of Deputy Director CEOP taking responsibility for the NCA’s response to online child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE).
In 2018 Rob was appointed as the NCA Director responsible for driving the national response to prioritise serious organised crime threats including, cyber, organised immigration crime, modern slavery, borders and online CSAE.
Following on from his role as Director Threat Leadership, Rob was appointed as Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre in October 2021. The role is now responsible for bringing together the response to tackling serious organised economic crime and other SOC threats together under one command.
In 2013 Rob joined the NCA as Head of Operations in the Border Policing Command where he led the national response to the investigation of detections of drugs, firearms, and cash at the UK Border. In 2017 he was appointed to the role of Deputy Director CEOP taking responsibility for the NCA’s response to online child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE).
In 2018 Rob was appointed as the NCA Director responsible for driving the national response to prioritise serious organised crime threats including, cyber, organised immigration crime, modern slavery, borders and online CSAE.
Following on from his role as Director Threat Leadership, Rob was appointed as Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre in October 2021. The role is now responsible for bringing together the response to tackling serious organised economic crime and other SOC threats together under one command.