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|title= Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
 
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Sir [[Colin McColl]] was chief of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6) from 1988-1994.<ref>[http://www.campbell-lutyens.com/team.aspx Team], Campbell Lutyens, accessed 26 July 2009.</ref> The [[New York Times]] reported that he was named to head the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989 by [[Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/07/world/the-secret-s-out-top-british-spy-identified.html</ref>
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==MI6 Career==
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Sir Colin McColl was chief of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6) from November 1988<ref name="dorrill753">[[Stephen Dorril]], MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.753.</ref> - September 1994.<ref>[http://www.campbell-lutyens.com/team.aspx Team], Campbell Lutyens, accessed 26 July 2009.</ref> The [[New York Times]] reported that he was named to head the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989 by [[Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/07/world/the-secret-s-out-top-british-spy-identified.html</ref>
  
==Affiliations==
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==Later Activities==
*[[Secret Intelligence Service]] - Chief
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Sir Colin McColl has put his experience in the field of international espionage and "[[national security]]" to use in a variety of institutions, both commercial and non-commercial. In 1994 he became "a consultant for [[Oxford Analytica]], an international consulting firm, focusing on political and economic affairs."<ref name="mantech"/>
*[[Campbell Lutyens]] - Advisory Director
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*[[Scottish American Investment Trust]] - Director
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He was also a director of the [[Scottish American Investment Trust]] at some point, and is chairman of two charitable trusts involving education for disadvantaged children and assistance for foreign service retirees.<ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1727259602&page_url=//www.campbell-lutyens.com/Team/McColl.htm&page_last_updated=2007-03-20T11:13:58&firstName=Colin&lastName=McColl</ref><ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Colin-McColl/3327221</ref>
*[[The Queen's College, Oxford]] - Honorary Fellow
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In 1998 he became Advisory Board Member for the [[ManTech International Corporation]] (a multi-billion dollar "provider of technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the Intelligence Community, [[US Defense Department|Departments of Defense]], [[US Justice Department|State]], [[DOHS|Homeland Security]] and [[US Justice Department|Justice]], and other United States federal government agencies").<ref name="mantech">http://investor.mantech.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=950168-02-108&CIK=892537</ref>
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He was made an honorary fellow of [[The Queen's College, Oxford]].
 
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Revision as of 04:12, 23 February 2015

Person.png Colin McColl  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornColin Hugh McColl
1 July 1925
Died8 December 2006
Head of MI6

Employment.png Advisory Board Member

In office
1998 - Present
EmployerManTech International Corporation
serving as of 2001

Employment.png Advisory Director of Campbell Lutyens

In office
1995 - Present
serving as of 2001

Employment.png Consultant

In office
1994 - Present
EmployerOxford Analytica Limited
serving as of 2001

Employment.png Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

In office
November 1988 - September 1994
DeputyGerry Warner
Preceded byChristopher Curwen
Succeeded byDavid Spedding
Chosen "to give a more dynamic lead as someone prepared to instigate change."

MI6 Career

Sir Colin McColl was chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from November 1988[1] - September 1994.[2] The New York Times reported that he was named to head the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[3]

Later Activities

Sir Colin McColl has put his experience in the field of international espionage and "national security" to use in a variety of institutions, both commercial and non-commercial. In 1994 he became "a consultant for Oxford Analytica, an international consulting firm, focusing on political and economic affairs."[4]

He was also a director of the Scottish American Investment Trust at some point, and is chairman of two charitable trusts involving education for disadvantaged children and assistance for foreign service retirees.[5][6]

In 1998 he became Advisory Board Member for the ManTech International Corporation (a multi-billion dollar "provider of technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the Intelligence Community, Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice, and other United States federal government agencies").[4]

He was made an honorary fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.

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