Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.

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

Career spy Blaise Metreweli to become first woman to head MI6 Until now, a female spy chief had only headed MI6 - also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - in the James Bond movies.

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.

MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in the foreign intelligence service's 116-year history.

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.

Dubai: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the appointment of Blaise Metreweli as the new head of MI6, making her the first woman to lead Britain's Secret Intelligence Service in its 116 ...

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 announced.

Cari Davies is outside MI6's headquarters in central London The first ever female chief of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) has been announced by the prime minister today.