Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, (born 6 September 1932) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1989 to 1994.
Career Educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College, Oxford,Burkes Peerage and Gentry McColl joined the diplomatic service in 1950.British Threat Awareness Council 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.Scottish American Investment Company Annual Report 2005
In 1996 McColl was appointed an Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.
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