Helen Millichap

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Local Policing, Helen is the Met’s lead for Violence against Women and Girls.

A history graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, Helen spent her first years in the Met working in Newham, East London, specialising in supporting victims of sexual and domestic abuse. She has subsequently worked in both detective and uniformed leadership roles across many different parts of London, predominantly in local policing.

A Detective Inspector and Detective Chief Inspector she led on a variety of serious crime and Counter Terrorism investigations. Helen became Borough Commander in the Royal Borough of Greenwich before taking the same role in Haringey.

She has since been the Met's Commander for Learning and Development and worked on Royalty and Specialist Protection, and Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection.