8 JUNE2025The North Shore Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present its third annual THRIVE Summit on June 18, a celebratory event honouring women in business throughout Boston. The event will be held at the Boston Marriott in Peabody from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.THRIVE is a program by the Chamber to empower and enable women leaders in business. Their work is all about 'Educate, Enhance, and Enable', three easy-to-remember words that shape all that they do. Starting the day off, Susan MacKenty Brady, The Simmons University Institute for Comprehensive Leadership's founding CEO, will deliver the opening keynote.Brady has authored four books focused on women navigating the world of business. She has written, "I dive deep into the power of leadership, relationships, self-awareness, respect, and accountability­the essential elements that ignite change."She'll be handing over the torch to Amy Latimer, who's been running the show at Boston's TD Garden for many years. Now, she's overseeing operations for Delaware North's global hospital business, and she'll be giving the keynote at the luncheon with a talk called `Leadership: Stepping Up to the Challenge.'Latimer has been recognized as a `WISE Woman of the Year' in 2015 and was named a `Boston Business Power Player' by Boston Magazine in 2017. Thanks to her leadership, TD Garden was listed among The Boston Globe's `Top 100 women-led businesses in Boston'. The Summit will also feature a marketplace where folks from women-owned businesses on the North Shore will be displaying their products and services. The UK's overseas intelligence service, MI6, will be led by a woman for the first time in its 116-year history. In the second half of this year, Sir Richard Moore will be succeeded as the 18th head of the Secret Intelligence Service by Blaise Metreweli, who has served at the agency since 1999.At MI6, Blaise is Director General "Q" for technology and innovation. His top priority is maintaining agent identities secret and counteracting cutting-edge surveillance tools like China's biometric tracking. She thanked them and said she was "proud and honoured" to be appointed.At a time when the work of intelligence is crucial to national security, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has called the appointment "historic." Renowned for receiving intelligence overseas, MI6 works closely in tandem with GCHQ and MI5 in countering hostile states, preventing terrorism, and improving cyber-security. The only publicly identified member of the agency is its chief, who is informally referred to as "C."Blaise, 47, worked in senior positions at MI5 and has an anthropology degree from the University of Cambridge. She spent most of her professional life in Europe and the Middle East. She was honored with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) award for her service on behalf of British foreign policy at the 2024 King's international birthday celebration.She highlighted the broad scope of national security threats, from protecting government assets, sensitive technology, and the economy, in an interview with The Telegraph in 2021 using the pseudonym "Director K." China's global influence presents the UK with huge opportunities and real risks, she claimed, although Russian state activity remains a concern. IN FOCUSNORTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ORGANIZE 3RD THRIVE SUMMIT FOR BOSTON'S WOMEN IN BUSINESSBLAISE METREWELI BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD MI6 IN 116-YEAR HISTORY· A woman will head the Secret Intelligence Service for the first time in its 116-year history· Blaise Metreweli is the 18th Chief of the organization· Since being appointed to MI6 in 1999, she has held several senior leadership positions· North Shore Chamber of Commerce will be presenting third annual THRIVE Summit· The celebration to be conducted on June 18, 2025 for women in business throughout Boston
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