Education
Shrewsbury School; The Queen"s College.
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Shrewsbury School; The Queen"s College.
Educated at Shrewsbury School and at 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.
He is an Honorary Fellow of Queen"s College, Oxford.