Britain’s intelligence agency MI-6 gets a female chief for the first time, her name is…, she will replace Sir Richard Moore

MI-6 new head: Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that for the first time in the history of Britain’s intelligence agency MI-6, a woman, will head it. This is the first time in the 116-year history of the foreign intelligence service that MI-6 has got a female chief.

Who is Blaise Metreveli?

47-year-old Blaise Metreveli, who joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999, will replace Sir Richard Moore at the end of this year. She will be the 18th chief of MI-6. Metreveli has been promoted from her current position of Director General or ‘Q’, responsible for technology and innovation at MI-6. She previously held a director-level role at Britain’s domestic security service MI-5.

Whose place will Metreveli take?

She will replace Sir Richard Moore later this year. Commonly referred to as ‘C’, the head of the international spy agency has operational responsibility for MI-6 and is the only publicly named member of the organisation, answerable to Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

She will replace Sir Richard Moore later this year. Commonly referred to as ‘C’, the head of the international spy agency has operational responsibility for MI-6 and is the only publicly named member of the organisation, answerable to Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

Metreveli has been promoted from her current position of Director General or ‘Q’, responsible for technology and innovation at MI-6. She previously held a director-level role at Britain’s domestic security service MI-5.

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