Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that Blaise Metreweli will be the next head of the U.K.’s foreign intelligence agency, and the first woman to hold the post since its founding in 1909. She is currently the MI6 director of technology and innovation — the real-world equivalent of Bond gadget-master Q.

Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.

Britain has appointed a woman as the new head of MI6 — in a moment that feels straight out of a James Bond movie. The chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known simply as “C”, is now a woman for the first time in history, echoing Dame Judi Dench’s iconic portrayal of “M” in the blockbuster 007 films.