Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama, disregarding a government panel's recommendation to appoint an outsider as the next Secret Service director, has chosen the former chief of his personal security detail to head the embattled agency, a White House official said on Wednesday.

Obama plans to name Joseph Clancy to the post, four months after Clancy assumed the role of interim director amid a shakeup in the Secret Service ranks.

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The pick will put a trusted hand at the top of the agency as it navigates the aftermath of a series of embarrassing incidents, including a breach last fall where an intruder made it all the way inside the White House doors.

Clancy has served in the presidential detail for Obama and former President Bill Clinton. He left the Secret Service in 2011 to become the head of corporate security at Comcast, but Obama asked him back to assume the interim role in October.

Since assuming the interim director role, Clancy has been a visible presence around the White House grounds and on the road when Obama travels, including the President's recent trip to India.