MI6 will be headed by a female chief for the first time in the organisation’s 116-year history, it has been announced. Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer who currently serves as director of technology at the organisation,

The Secret Intelligence Service, which is responsible for security and intel operations outside of the UK, has promoted its current head of innovation and technology to the agency’s top job MI6 has appointed its first ever female chief.

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