Sue Gray

Biography

In May 2021 Sue returned to the Cabinet Office to take up the role of Second Permanent Secretary with responsibility for the Union and Constitution Directorate.

Prior to that from 2018 to 2021 Sue served as the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance, NI Executive on secondment from the Cabinet Office.

Sue first joined the Cabinet Office in the late 1990s.

Previous roles in government

Sue served as the Director General, Propriety and Ethics in the Cabinet Office from 2012 to 2018.

Before joining the Cabinet Office, Sue worked in Transport, Health and DWP covering a range of roles which included both policy and front line delivery. Sue also took a career break in the late 1980s when she bought and ran a pub in Newry, Northern Ireland.