Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Colin McColl | |
Service: | Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) |
Serviceyears: | 1950–1994 |
Rank: | Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service |
Awards: | KCMG |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1932 |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Intelligence officer, Diplomat |
Alma Mater: | Queen's College, Oxford |
Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, (born 6 September 1932) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1989 to 1994.
Educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College, Oxford,[1] McColl joined the diplomatic service in 1950.[2] He served in Laos, Vietnam, Warsaw and Geneva[2] before he was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989.[3] In retirement he was a Director of the Scottish American Investment Company.[4]
In 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.[1]