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Britain appoints first woman to head intelligence service

Politiko 2025-06-16 14:49:36

Britain appoints first woman to head intelligence service

MI6, the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence service, will be led by a woman for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.

Blaise Metreweli, an intelligence officer who joined the service in 1999, will take over from Sir Richard Moore in the autumn, becoming its 18th chief.

Metreweli, 47, is currently director general of MI6's Q section, responsible for technology and innovation, and has previously held other director-level roles in MI6 and at MI5, the domestic security and counter-intelligence agency.

According to other brief biographical details provided in the announcement, she studied social anthropology at the University of Cambridge and spent most of her career in operational roles in the Middle East and Europe.

"Blaise Metreweli's historic appointment comes at a time when the work of our intelligence services has never been more important. The UK is facing threats on an unprecedented scale, whether it's aggressors sending their spy ships into our waters or hackers whose cyber plots aim to disrupt our public services ," Starmer said.

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