Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

<p>Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5</p><p>MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, is to be led by a woman for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.</p><p>Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer who joined the service in 1999, will take over from Sir Richard Moore in the autumn, becoming its 18th chief.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/15/blaise-metreweli-named-as-first-woman-to-lead-uk-intelligence-service-mi6">Continue reading...</a>