Sir David Robert Sterling (born 7 March 1958) is a Northern Irish civil servant. Since 2017, he was the Interim Head of the

Northern Ireland Civil Service The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS; ga, Státseirbhís Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlann Cïvil Sarvice'') is the permanent bureaucracy of employees that supports the Northern Ireland Executive, ...

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of the Executive Office, and Secretary to Northern Ireland Executive: as such, he was the most senior civil servant in

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. He was appointed

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(KCB) in the

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. He stepped down as Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service on 31 August 2020, after 42 years as a civil servant. He is a keen golfer who plays at Malone Golf Club, Belfast.

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