In May, the appointment of Anne Keast-Butler as director of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) coincided with the promotion of another woman to a key position in the British intelligence community. London has announced that Madeleine Alessandri will chair the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) from 1 July. A central body at the interface between intelligence and political decision-making, the JIC produces assessments for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
While not unprecedented, the growing number
