Remembering Sir Alex Younger
Brief
There are moments when you meet a person who you immediately know will have a formative influence on you — a person you will learn from, who you will respect, who you will follow anywhere, who you will listen to, who will be your friend. Sir Alex was just that.
I was lucky to meet Sir Alex just as he was leaving MI6 in 2020. I traveled to London, having to navigate a few Covid restrictions. I asked him if this would cause problems. He smiled: “It is always better to ask for forgiveness than seek permission,” he said. Immediately I knew that this was someone I would get along with very well.
The objective was straightforward: I was hoping to recruit him to the Recorded Future board of directors, which we eventually accomplished after significant complications got in the way, once again solved by the previous method.
Sir Alex joined a Recorded Future board meeting in New York.