Colin McColl

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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]

On 2 September 1991, addressing new SIS recruits beginning their training course, McColl confidently assured them of plenty of "unpredictability and instability" in the post-Cold War era.[4]

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."[5]

He was also a director of the Scottish American Investment Trust at some point, and was chairman of two charitable trusts involving education for disadvantaged children and assistance for foreign service retirees.[6][7]

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").[5]

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

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