DARD Permanent Secretary - Mr Gerry Lavery

Mr Lavery has been promoted to Permanent Secretary to cover the transfer of Dr McKibbin to DRD, with effect from 19 August 2010.

Mr Gerry Lavery has been a civil servant for 35 years, serving previously in the Departments of Manpower Services and Economic Development, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Training and Employment Agency.  He joined DARD as a Senior Civil Servant in 1995, and took up the post of Senior Finance Director in 2003.