MI6 distances its new chief from Nazi grandfatherBlaise Metreweli will take over from Sir Richard Moore as the spy agency's "C"However, the Foreign Office, which speaks on behalf of MI6, said Ms Metreweli "neither knew nor met her paternal grandfather". Blaise Metreweli was announced as the incoming head of the Secret Intelligence Service earlier this month. MI6 has cast distance between its new chief and her grandfather, who was this week revealed to have been a Nazi spy known as "the butcher". An entry that appears to be for Mr Dobrowolski says he "participated in the executions of Soviet citizens". Ms Metreweli is a Cambridge graduate, a rower and has previously had operational roles in the Middle East and Europe.