BAFS - Key Persons
Dame Cressida Rose Dick DBE QPM spent over 38 years in public service, holding senior leadership roles in the Metropolitan Police and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She served as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 2017 to 2022.
Dame Cressida is a strong supporter of BAFS and she is aware of the importance of investing in forensic science in all aspects of policing and of those who work in forensic sciences. Many of the investigations in which she held leadership roles involved extensive and innovative use of forensics.
She has performed command roles in a large number of responses to major incidents and mass casualty events, including multiple terrorist attacks here and overseas and has taken a keen interest in the development of Disaster Victim Identification.