GCHQ launches a new biography of our first Head, Commander Alastair Denniston

Amongst the invited guests were members of Alastair Denniston’s family including his niece and god-daughter Libby Buchanan and his grandchildren as well as senior representatives from Bletchley Park and GCHQ. The Denniston family were thrilled that their relative was being given recognition for his achievements. On the day, Dr Greenberg also signed copies of the book for our workforce and gave an insightful talk on his experiences of writing the book. 

Alastair Denniston holds a special place in our history and the history of our country.  He was the first person to lead the organisation that became GCHQ and his vision for signals intelligence, the culture he fostered, and values he wanted his workforce to display - ingenuity, teamwork and integrity - not only enabled the team at Bletchley Park to break the Enigma cipher, but also laid the foundations of today's GCHQ.