A former “Q,” she will be the first woman to lead Britain’s foreign intelligence service in the agency’s 116-year history.

Blaise Metreweli has been appointed as the first female chief of MI6, the UK's foreign intelligence agency, as announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A British secret service has announced its first ever female chief with Blaise Metreweli being confirmed as the head of MI6. Sir Keir Starmer announced on Monday that she will take over from Sir Richard Moore with the prime minister saying that the UK faces an “unprecedented scale” of threats.