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On 1 April 2006 Bernard Herdan was appointed the Executive Director of Service Delivery, for the Identity and Passport Service. He was Chief Executive of the UK Passport Agency from September 1999. He was also responsible in this position for the establishment and initial operations of the Criminal Records Bureau until it became a separate Agency in September 2003.
Bernard was previously the Chief Executive of the Driving Standards Agency, Commercial Director of the Met Office, Managing Director of Defence Technology Enterprises Ltd, Managing Consultant at BIS-Mackintosh and Broadcast Satellites Programme Manager at the European Space Agency.
Bernard has an MA from Cambridge, a Diploma in Management Studies, is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and has published numerous articles in professional journals.
Bernard has also held Non-Executive Director positions on several Company Boards in the UK and USA and is currently a member of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Bedford Hospital NHS Trust. He was appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to lead the Review of the Charter Mark scheme.