George Esson

George Esson CBE, QPM, LLB (b. 30 March 1942) was Chief Constable of Grampian Police and Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary (1989-1994). He was at the centre of major inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster and the 1986 Chinook Helicopter Crash. He also headed the police investigation into the Lockerbie Bombing.

After retiring from the Police, he worked for Shell UK as a security and external affairs advisor and led their response to the Greenpeace protests at the decommissioning of the Brent Spar oil facility in the North Sea.

He is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen.

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