Sir David Robert Campbell Durie, KCMG KStJ (born 21 August 1944)[1] is a retired British civil servant, whose last major public appointment was as Governor of Gibraltar.
[2] Together with his twin brother, Ian (1944–2005), Durie was educated at Fettes College.
[4] Durie joined the Ministry of Technology in 1966 before going on to work in various posts at the OECD, the Cabinet Office and the Department of Trade and Industry.
In 1991 he became Minister and Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Community in Brussels and in 1995 he returned to the Department of Trade and Industry before leaving the Home Civil Service in 2000.
[8] Durie was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1995 New Year Honours,[9] and promoted to a Knight Commander of the same Order (KCMG) in the 2003 New Year Honours.