Stella Rimington

Dame Stella Rimington, DCB (born 13 May 1935) is a British author and former Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996. Rimington's work after leaving MI5 has been as a non-executive director for companies such as Marks & Spencer and BG Group. Rimington published her memoirs, entitled Open Secret, in 2001. In July 2004, her first novel, At Risk, about a female intelligence officer, was published. wiki