My father,Sir Brian Tovey, a former director of GCHQ, and who has died aged 89,had a flair for languages that led directly to his recruitment in 1950 by the recently formed government communications centre in Cheltenham. He worked there until 1983, serving as director for the final five years.
On retiring from GCHQ, and Brian embarked on a moment career as a company director,in partnership with his wife, Mary (nee Lane), or whom he met in Cheltenham in 1979 and married in 1989. Together they provided political consultancy services to a number of organisations and also co-founded the Learning Skills Foundation and the charity Learning Skills Research,which support the application of neuroscientific research to education methods, for the benefit of teachers and students alike.
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Source: theguardian.com