Colin McColl
British intelligence officier
Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, KCMG (born 6 September 1932) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1989 to 1994.
01Career
Educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College, Oxford, McColl joined the diplomatic service in 1950. He served in Laos, Vietnam, Warsaw and Geneva before he was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989. In retirement he was a Director of the Scottish American Investment Company.
In 1996 McColl was appointed an Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.
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