Philip Michael Christopher 'Phil' Gormley (born 1963, Surrey) used to be a high ranking police officer who became Chief Constable of Police Scotland in January 2016. Prior to this he was Deputy Director of the National Crime Agency.
He had previously served as Commander for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police in 2006, from January until early October when Special Brach merged into the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) where he was in the line of command responsible for the SDS. Almost at the same time, he was Secretary for the Association of Chief Police Officer's Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee 2005-2006, where he was involved in overseeing two undercover policing units, Special Demonstration Squad and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit respectively.
Police files show that Gormley personally signed off infiltration by spycop Mark Kennedy who deceived Kate Wilson into an intimate relationship. His signature appears on files disclosed in Kate's case on her human rights being violated, heard by the Investigative Powers Tribunal on 4 October 2018.
Gormley left the Scottish force in February 2018, at that point the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) was investigating six complaints against him for bullying. His resignation coincides with the Home Office's decision not to have a Scottish Inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland.
For more, see the profile on Phil Gormley at the former Undercover Research Group website.
Full profile to follow.