Brendan Giffen is the acting Director of Corporate Services at the Northern Ireland
Prison Service. Brendan joined the Civil Service in 1996 and has held a number of
positions during his career including as a Government Press Officer – working on a
number of high profile areas including the Strategic Review of Parading and the St
Andrews political talks. He joined the NI Prison Service in 2012 to support the
reform of prisons following the devolution of policing and justice in 2010. Since then
he has been a member of the senior Headquarters team working on
communications, recruitment and industrial relations. He has a BA (Hons) in history
and a PG Diploma in Political Communications and Public Affairs.