Not to be confused with Mark Rowley (actor) or Mark Rowley (rugby union).
Sir Mark Rowley
QPM
Rowley in 2023
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2022
Monarch
Charles III
Deputy
Dame Lynne Owens
Home Secretary
Suella Braverman
Grant Shapps
Suella Braverman
James Cleverly
Mayor
Sadiq Khan
Preceded by
Dame Cressida Dick[a]
Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations
In office 2014–2018
Preceded by
Cressida Dick
Succeeded by
Neil Basu
Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Crime and Operations
In office 2011–2014
Preceded by
Lynne Owens
Chief Constable of Surrey Police
In office 2009–2011
Preceded by
Bob Quick
Succeeded by
Lynne Owens
Personal details
Born
November 1964 (age 59)
Alma mater
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Sir Mark Peter RowleyQPM (/ˈroʊli/; born November 1964[1]) is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.[2]
He was the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police Service and the concurrent Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing.[3][4] He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009–2011), and also served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017. He retired from the police in March 2018.[5]
In July 2022, it was announced that he would return to policing in the role of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, replacing former Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick.[6] He was sworn in as Commissioner on 12 September 2022.[7]
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^"Mark Peter ROWLEY - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^"Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley swears allegiance to His Majesty the King". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^"Leadership". About the Met. Metropolitan Police. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^Wright, Robert (9 January 2018). "Top UK counter terror cop Mark Rowley to retire". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 July 2018. to retire from policing in March
^"Mark Rowley appointed new commissioner of the Met". The Guardian. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
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