Who is ‘Q’ aka Blaise Metreweli? First woman to lead UK spy agency MI6 in its 116-year history
Posted on: Jun 16, 2025 08:39 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
MI6 testament be led by a adult female for the number one clip in Britain’s strange intelligence service's 116-year history. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service.
The 47-year-old is a career intelligence officer and currently the spy agency’s head of technology.
Metreweli joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999. She has spent most of her career working in European or Middle Eastern countries.
She is known as ‘Q’. According to a 2009 Guardian report, an MI6 officer said the letter ‘Q’ stands for someone in the agency who heads a team “responsible for innovative technology and gimmicks and gadgets and things like that.”
After assuming the position, her code name will change from ‘Q’ to ‘C’. As per the 2009 Guardian report, ‘C’ is reserved for the head of the spy agency. It’s a tradition that started when MI6’s first head, Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming, signed his name as C. However, in the modern era, it stands for Chief.
She will replace the current chief of MI6, Richard Moore, who will step down after completing his five-year tenure.
"I am proud and honoured to be asked to lead my service," Metreweli said.
"I know Blaise will continue to provide the excellent leadership needed to defend our country," the PM said. He added that her appointment comes at a time when Britain is "facing threats on an unprecedented scale".
Prior to joining MI6, she held a director-level role in MI5 - the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency.
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