Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, KCMG (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.

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