liaison Ever since World War II, the chief of the London station of the United States Central Intelligence Agency has attended the JIC's weekly meetings. One former US intelligence officer has described this as the "highlight of the job" for the London CIA chief. Resident intelligence chiefs from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand may attend when certain issues are discussed. Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows: Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland) Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia) Sir William Hayter, 1948–49 Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53 Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60 Hugh S. Stephenson, 1960–63 Sir Bernard Burrows, 1963–66 Sir Denis Greenhill, 1966–68 (subsequently The Lord Greenhill) Sir Edward Peck, 1968–70 Sir Stewart Crawford, 1970–73 Sir Geoffrey Arthur, 1973–75 Sir Antony Duff, 1975–79 Sir Antony Acland, 1979–82 Sir Patrick Wright, 1982–84 (subsequently The Lord Wright) Sir Percy Craddock, 1985–92 Sir Rodric Braithwaite, 1992–93 Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, 1993–94 (subsequently Baroness Neville-Jones) Sir Paul Lever, 1994–96 Sir Colin Budd, 1996–97 Sir Michael Pakenham, 1997–2000 Sir Peter Ricketts, 2000 – September 2001 Sir John Scarlett, 2001–2004 Sir William Ehrman, 2004–2005 Sir Richard Mottram, 2005–2007 (as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience) Sir Alex Allan, 2007–2011 Sir Jon Day, 2012–2015 Sir Charles Farr, 2015–2019 Sir Simon Gass, 2019–present See also British intelligence agencies Joint Intelligence Organisation Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament United States Intelligence Community National Intelligence Council Joint Intelligence Community Council United States Director of National Intelligence Australian Intelligence Community Office of National Intelligence Office of National Assessments National Centre for Counter Terrorism, France References Further reading External links Joint Intelligence Committee British intelligence agencies 1936 establishments in the United Kingdom Committees of the United Kingdom Cabinet Office Joint committees National security of the United Kingdom