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The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General and an Assistant Director General, and reports to the Home Secretary , although the Security Service is ...
In April 2020, McCallum succeeded Sir Andrew Parker as Director General of MI5. [6] [3]In 2021, McCallum said in his annual threat update that the activities of China, Russia, and other hostile states could have as large an impact on the public as terrorism, marking a significant shift in emphasis for the UK’s domestic spy agency.
Major General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, KBE, CB (21 November 1873 – 27 March 1942) was a British Army general and the founder and first Director of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5. Known as K, he was described in Who's Who as "Commandant, War Department Constabulary". [1]
The Secret War Between the Wars: MI5 in the 1920s and the 1930s. Bowyer. ISBN 978-1-84383-938-5. Rimington, Stella (2001). Open Secret: The Autobiography of the Former Director-General of MI5. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09943-672-0. Thomas, Martin (2008). Empires of Intelligence: Security Services and Colonial Disorder after 1914. University of ...
The head of MI5 will make his first joint public appearance with counterparts from the Five Eyes intelligence services amid warnings about the threats to UK businesses from foreign states.
He rose through the grades, serving as director of C Branch (Protective Security) in the 1960s, [3] to be Deputy Director General of MI5 from 1971 to 1972. He was Director General of MI5 from 1972 to 1978. [4] As Director General, Hanley had a difficult relationship with the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. [5] Wilson wrongly suspected MI5 of ...
After the outbreak for the World War II he joined the Army Intelligence Corps. [2] His highest level in British India was to chair the Union Public Service Commission. In April 1941, he was appointed Director General of MI5. His task was to reorganise the service so that it could improve its efficiency. In the spring of 1946, Petrie retired. [3]
Directors-General of the British Security Service, MI5. Pages in category "Directors General of MI5" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.