Sir Mark Rowley has been appointed commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, replacing Dame Cressida Dick who stood down in February.
Rowley has served in the force for 30 years, latterly as the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for counter-terrorism until he left in 2018.
His appointment comes after a competitive process that pit him against the Met’s assistant commissioner, Nick Ephgrave, in the final stages.
Priti Patel, home secretary, said that “this will be a challenging period” and that Rowley was taking on one of the “most important and demanding jobs in policing”.
She added that “rebuilding public trust and delivering on crime reduction must be his priority”.
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said: “A series of appalling scandals have not only exposed deep cultural problems within the Met, but have contributed to a crisis of confidence in London’s police service.”
Dick resigned in February after Khan said that he had lost confidence in her ability to reform the police force, following a string of scandals within its ranks, involving sexism, misogyny, racism and homophobia.
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