article_snippet: Baron Evans of Weardale quit Baron Evans of Weardale role with the National Crime Agency to keep a lucrative directorship with scandal-hit HSBC .
article_snippet: Baron Evans of Weardale, the former director-general of MI5, has resigned from the board of the publicly-funded National Crime Agency (NCA) after just a year, due to a ‘perceived conflict of interest’ as the bank has come under fire over tax-dodging allegations.
article_snippet: Lord Evans, who was director-general of MI5 from 2007 to 2013, wrote in his resignation letter:
article_snippet: ‘reluctantly’ accepted last week by the head of the NCA, Keith Bristow, who said: ‘I have accepted the resignation of Lord Evans with great regret.
article_snippet: After more than 30 years in the security service, Lord Evans retired in 2013 and soon afterwards became a non-executive director of HSBC, earning £125,000 for 40 days work a year.
article_snippet: Baron Evans of Weardale esigned from the board of the publicly-funded National Crime Agency, pictured during a training exercise .
article_snippet: Baron Evans of Weardale  was appointed a non-executive director of the newly established NCA in December 2013.
article_snippet: NCA annual accounts show Baron Evans of Weardale  was paid less than £5,000 in NCA first few months and would be paid less than £15,000 a year.
highlights_snippet: Baron Evans of Weardale has resigned from the  the National Crime Agency .
  