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Sir Richard Moore
Former Chief of MI6 (2020-2025) | Career Diplomat & Former British Ambassador to Turkey | Authority on Geopolitics, National Security & Leadership
Sir Richard Moore served as Chief of MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, from 2020 to 2025, known as "C." A career diplomat and former Ambassador to Turkey, he led the service through the war in Ukraine, great-power rivalry, and the rise of technology as a security battleground. On stage, he offers a rare, authoritative view of geopolitics, security, and leadership from the very center of power.
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Sir Richard Moore biography
Sir Richard Moore spent five years as one of the most consequential figures in Western intelligence, serving as Chief of MI6, the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, known simply as “C.” Leading the service through the war in Ukraine, intensifying rivalry between great powers, and the emergence of technology as a decisive battleground, he offers audiences a perspective almost no one else can: how national security, geopolitics, and leadership really work at the very highest and most secret levels of the state.
The global affairs speaker Sir Richard Moore served as Chief of MI6 from 2020 to 2025, the only publicly named officer of the service and the person ultimately responsible for Britain’s human intelligence around the world. He was a rare kind of spy chief: unusually public, technologically forward-looking, and a vocal champion of a more open intelligence service that partners with the private sector and the technology community. He guided MI6 through one of the most turbulent geopolitical periods in decades, and became a leading voice on the threats and opportunities defining the century ahead.
From Ambassador to “C”: A Career at the Frontier of Global Security
Before leading MI6, Moore built a distinguished career spanning diplomacy and intelligence. He served as British Ambassador to Turkey, as Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign Office, and in senior postings across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, experience that gives him deep, first-hand insight into the world’s most complex regions. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, he is fluent in Turkish and known for combining strategic depth with genuine warmth and candor. Since leaving the service in 2025, he has become chair of the Kennedy Memorial Trust, continuing a lifelong commitment to public service and international understanding.
As a speaker, Sir Richard Moore offers an extraordinary, authoritative view of a world in flux, delivered with discretion, wit, and clarity. He speaks on global geopolitics and the shifting balance of power, national security and emerging threats, leadership and decision-making under extreme pressure and uncertainty, and how technology and artificial intelligence are transforming security, competition, and trust. Audiences gain rare, senior-level insight into the forces shaping our world, from someone who operated at their very center.
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Watch: MI6 boss Richard Moore on global security, Ukraine war and impact of AI | POLITICO
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Few people have watched the shifting balance of global power from a closer vantage point than the former Chief of MI6. Moore offers audiences a rare, senior-level briefing on the forces reshaping the world, great-power competition, regional conflict, and the fracturing of the old order, and what they mean for governments, businesses, and citizens. It's an authoritative, clear-eyed tour of the geopolitical landscape from someone who helped navigate it.
From cyberattacks and disinformation to hostile states and emerging technologies, the nature of threat is changing faster than institutions can adapt. Drawing on his time at the head of British intelligence, Moore explains the security challenges organizations and nations now face, how the intelligence world thinks about risk, and what it takes to stay resilient in an era of constant, evolving danger.
Leading MI6 meant making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, under enormous pressure, and often in secret. Moore reflects on what he learned about leadership at the sharpest edge: how to weigh risk, build trust, keep a mission-driven organization united, and make sound judgments when the stakes could not be higher, lessons that translate directly to leaders in any demanding field.
As Chief, Moore championed an intelligence service that embraced technology and partnered with the private sector, recognizing that AI, data, and digital tools are now central to security and competition alike. He explores how emerging technology is transforming espionage, warfare, business, and trust itself, and what leaders must understand about the opportunities and dangers of a world being remade by technology.
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Why Sir Richard Moore?
Booking Sir Richard Moore gives audiences a genuinely rare voice, the former head of MI6, speaking with authority on the geopolitics, security, and leadership challenges that define our time. Very few people have operated at that altitude, and fewer still can discuss it with his combination of insight, discretion, and warmth. He offers senior audiences a privileged, clear-eyed understanding of great-power competition, emerging threats, and the role of technology in security, along with hard-won lessons on leading under extreme pressure and uncertainty. Compelling, credible, and unlike any other speaker on a program, he is ideal for events on geopolitics, security, leadership, and the future of technology. To bring Sir Richard Moore to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Sir Richard Moore?
Sir Richard Moore is a British former intelligence chief and career diplomat who served as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2020 to 2025, known by the traditional codename "C." He was the only publicly named member of the service. Before leading MI6, he served as British Ambassador to Turkey and as Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with earlier postings across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, he was succeeded as Chief by Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to hold the role, and now chairs the Kennedy Memorial Trust.
What does the Chief of MI6 do?
The Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), known as "C," is the head of the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering human intelligence overseas to protect national security. Uniquely, the Chief is the only publicly named member of MI6 and reports directly to the Foreign Secretary. The role involves overseeing sensitive global operations, advising the government on threats and foreign affairs, and leading thousands of officers. Sir Richard Moore held the position from 2020 to 2025, during which he became known for a more public and technology-focused approach to the traditionally secretive service.
What topics does Sir Richard Moore speak on?
Sir Richard Moore speaks on global geopolitics and the balance of power, national security and emerging threats, leadership and decision-making under uncertainty, and how technology and AI are transforming security and trust. His keynotes suit events on geopolitics, global affairs, security, leadership, and technology. To book Sir Richard Moore as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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