Blaise Metreweli
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| Occupation | Chief of SIS (from autumn 2025) |
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| Predecessor | Richard Moore |
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Blaise Metreweli CMG is Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). In June 2025 the Prime Minister announced her as the 18th Chief and the first woman to hold the post. She succeeded Sir Richard Moore.[1][2]
Career
Metreweli joined SIS in 1999.[3] At the time of her appointment she was Director General 'Q', responsible for technology and innovation in MI6. She had previously held a Director-level role in MI5.[1] SIS says she has spent most of her career in operational roles in the Middle East and Europe, and that she studied anthropology at Pembroke College, Cambridge.[4]
Affiliations
- Secret Intelligence Service - Chief
- MI5 - former Director-level role
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 First ever female MI6 chief appointed, gov.uk, 15 June 2025.
- ↑ Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, SIS, 15 June 2025.
- ↑ Blaise Metreweli appointed as MI6's first female chief, BBC News, 15 June 2025.
- ↑ Our Chief, SIS, accessed 16 October 2026.