Goldman Sachs hires former MI6 chief as paid adviser

Goldman Sachs has reportedly hired the former head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger as a paid adviser.

Younger has been hired to provide expert advice on geopolitics, international risk and cyber.

He headed the UK Secret Intelligence Service between 2014 and 2020, making him the longest serving chief of MI6 in half a decade.

Younger joined MI6 in 1991. He has a degree in economics from the University of St Andrews and served in the Scots Guards.