
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Nick Ephgrave, the head of Britain's Serious Fraud Office, said on Thursday he would retire at the end of March after about two-and-a-half years in the post, saying he had spent 38 years in public service and was reaching his 60th birthday.
Ephgrave, a former senior police officer, is the first director of the investigator and prosecutor of major fraud and corruption not to have been a lawyer. He was handed a five-year term on September 25, 2023.
He told a press conference that he had discussed his planned departure with the attorney general and expected an interim successor to be appointed as a formal recruitment process gets underway.