Blaise Metreweli takes over at a dangerous time when Britain’s allies are among its biggest problems, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Blaise Metreweli (pictured) has been appointed as the next head of the Secret Intelligence Service, replacing Sir Richard Moore in the autumn.

Blaise Metreweli joined the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in 1999 and will become its 18th chief.

Career intelligence officer Blaise Metreweli chosen as next MI6 chief, an appointment the UK prime minister called historic.

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5

Blaise Metreweli is succeeding Sir Richard Moore, who leaves this autumn after four years in charge

Cambridge graduate won role ahead of rival who critics dubbed ‘Beijing Barbara’

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The new head of Britain's MI6 will be a woman for the first time in the more than 100-year history of the country's secret intelligence service, Prime Minister Keir Starmer…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Sunday Blaise Metreweli as the first woman to lead the U.K.'s MI6 intelligence agency, citing an era of...

Blaise Metreweli takes over at a dangerous time when Britain’s allies are among its biggest problems, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Blaise Metreweli übernimmt den Posten im Herbst. Eine MI6-Chefin gab es bisher nur in James-Bond-Filmen.

I interviewed Blaise Metreweli in 2021. It was clear then that she would go all the way

Blaise Metreweli is the first female head of Britain’s spy service, too

A spook for over a quarter of a century, Metreweli was ‘Q’ at the spy agency. Now she’ll be known as ‘C’. Here’s why.