• Source: Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service

      • There has been a Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) since Sir Ernest Clark was appointed the first holder of that office in 1921. As of 2017 and according to the Executive Office, the Head of the 23,500-people strong NICS "has primary leadership responsibility for creating, developing and sustaining the NICS as an organisation which serves the devolved administration, the institutions of government and the people of Northern Ireland through the provision of high quality, cost effective services." The incumbent is also Permanent Secretary of the Executive Office and Secretary to the Northern Ireland Executive, making the office-holder the "most senior adviser to the First Minister and the deputy First Minister".


      List of Heads of the Northern Ireland Civil Service


      1921–1925: Sir Ernest Clark
      1925–1944: Lt-Col. Sir Wilfred Spender
      1944–1953: Sir William Dalgliesh Scott
      1953–1961: Sir Douglas Alexander Earsman Harkness
      1961–1965: Sir Richard Frederick Roberts Dunbar
      1965–1970: Sir Cecil Joseph Bateman
      1970–1976: Sir David Charles Beresford Holden
      1976–1979: Sir Robert Hill Kidd
      1979–1984: Sir Ewart Bell
      1984–1991: Sir Kenneth Bloomfield
      1991–1997: Sir David Fell
      1997–2000: Sir John Semple
      2000–2002: Sir Gerry Loughran
      2002–2008: Sir Nigel Hamilton
      2008-2011: Sir Bruce Robinson
      2011–2017: Sir Malcolm McKibbin
      2017–2020: Sir David Sterling
      December 2020 – 2021: Jenny Pyper (Temporary interim Head)
      September 2021 – Present: Jane Brady


      See also


      Civil service
      Northern Ireland Executive
      Northern Ireland Civil Service
      Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government
      Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government
      Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)
      Secretary-General to the President (Ireland)


      References

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