Warren Henry TuckerCNZM (born 18 August 1950) is a retiredNew Zealand intelligence officer. He was the director of theSecurity Intelligence Service from 2006 to 2014.
Born in 1950, Tucker was educated atNelson College from 1964 to 1968.[1] He went on to become an officer in theNew Zealand Army, holding the rank ofMajor in the Royal New Zealand Signals Corps.[2]
He has a doctorate inelectrical engineering from theUniversity of Canterbury, and later joined theGovernment Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), New Zealand's primary signals intelligence agency. He became head ofcommunications security in 1982, and in 1983, he was appointed Director of Policy and Plans. From 1984 to 1989, he was the GCSB's liaison officer to theNSA inWashington. On his return, he became Director of Operations (effectively deputy director of the GCSB), and in 1996, he became the Intelligence Co-ordinator in the office of thePrime Minister. He became the third director of the GCSB in 1999, replacing Ray Parker. In 2006, it was announced that he would succeedRichard Woods as director of another New Zealand intelligence agency, the Security Intelligence Service, on 1 November.[3]
On 1 November 2010, Tucker was reappointed for a further two-year term as Director.[4] He retired in May 2014 withRebecca Kitteridge taking over his role. In the2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Tucker was appointed aCompanion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the State.[5]
In November 2014 the Gwyn Report on the SIS criticised the actions in 2011 of the SIS and retired director Tucker over whether opposition leaderPhil Goff had received a SIS briefing.[6]