Hosted on MSN

Blaise Metreweli becomes first woman to lead MI6 as UK faces escalating threats from China, Iran and beyond; here’s what we know

Britain has named Blaise Metreweli as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), marking the first time a woman will lead the UK's foreign intelligence agency. Prime Minister Keir ...
WLRN

MI6 gets its first female chief, years after Judi Dench played Bond's boss

LONDON — Q is becoming C. The head of technology and innovation at Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency — the real-life equivalent of James Bond's gadget-master Q — has been promoted to the ...
Hosted on MSN

MI5 spies are quitting for better pay and work-life balance

Spies are quitting MI5 for private sector jobs with better pay, more career progression and improved work-life balance, security sources have said. Britain’s intelligence agencies risk losing a key ...
Reuters

Britain appoints first female head of MI6 spy agency

Blaise Metreweli is currently MI6's head of technology She has served in Europe and the Middle East June 15 (Reuters) - Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the ...
Yahoo

Blaise Metreweli appointed first ever female MI6 chief as Britain faces 'unprecedented threats'

Blaise Metreweli has been appointed the first ever female head of MI6 as Britain faces “unprecedented threats”. She will take over from Sir Richard Moore as “C” at the helm of the Secret Intelligence ...
The Boston Globe

Stella Rimington, Britain’s first female MI5 spy chief, dies at 90

LONDON — Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90. The first woman to head a ...