Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence ...

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Blaise Metreweli joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in 1999 and will become its 18th chief. Skip to content. ... has previously held director level roles in MI5 - MI6's sister, ...

MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, is the UK's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering overseas intelligence to protect national security and support foreign policy.

Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond. MI6 has appointed its first female chief. Prime Minister ...

"MI6 plays a vital role - with MI5 and GCHQ - in keeping the British people safe and promoting UK interests overseas," she said. "I look forward to continuing that work alongside the brave ...

Now, real life is catching up with fiction. In a statement late Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that ...

Ms Metreweli is director general of technology and innovation in MI6, a role in which she is known as Q. She has held other senior roles across the organisation and MI5.

MI6 is set to appoint Blaise Metreweli as its first female chief, three decades after Judi Dench's portrayal of 'M' in James Bond films. Metreweli, who previously served in MI5, will assume the ...

MI6, founded in 1909, joins the other main British spy agencies, the domestic spy service MI5, and the intelligence communications agency GCHQ, in having appointed a female head. Biggest challenges ...

Metreweli joined government service in 1999, and previously held director-level roles in MI6’s domestic sister agency, MI5. She has spent most of her career in the Middle East and Europe. While at MI5 ...