Sir David Omand is a visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He formerly served as the United Kingdom's Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, responsible for counter-terrorism strategy. After the attacks of September 11th 2001 he drafted the strategic objective for CONTEST, Britain's counter-terrorism strategy: to reduce the risk from terrorism so that people can go about their normal lives. He is the author of "Securing the State".
A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.