A spook for over a quarter of a century, Metreweli was ‘Q’ at the spy agency. Now she’ll be known as ‘C’. Here’s why.

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

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.