Dave Ramsden
Sir David Edward John Ramsden CBE[1] (born 9 February 1964) is a senior British civil servant, serving as the Chief Economic Adviser to HM Treasury. He is the Head of the Government Economic Service, having previously served as Joint Head of the Service with Vicky Pryce, formerly Chief Economic Adviser and Director-General at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.[2]
Ramsden joined the Civil Service in 1986 before joining the Treasury in 1988. He has worked on a wide range of economic policy issues, including monetary policy, fiscal and tax policy, the public finances, the business sector and labour markets.
Between 1999 and 2003, Ramsden led the Treasury’s work on whether the UK should join the Euro for which he was appointed CBE. He worked on tax administration and policy issues from 2003 until 2006.
In June 2007, Ramsden joined the Treasury Board and in 2008 he was appointed Chief Economic Adviser. He became Joint Head of the Government Economic Service, the largest single recruiter of economists in the UK, from 2007; sole Head in 2010. In January 2013 he became Chair of the Treasury’s Diversity Board.
Ramsden is a trustee of Pro-Bono Economics, a charity whose aim is to broker economists into the charitable sector to help on short and medium-term assignments, typically addressing questions around measurement, results and impact. He is also President of the Society of Business Economists. He graduated from the London School of Economics with an MSc Economics in 1990.
He was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to economic policy making.[3][4] In 2015 he also became a Visiting Professor at King's College London.[5]
Offices held
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| Preceded by New position |
Director General, Economics & Fiscal Groups, Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury HM Treasury 2010- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Preceded by New position |
Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy HM Treasury 2007-2010 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Sir Nicholas Stern |
Head of the Government Economic Service jointly with Vicky Pryce until June 2010 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57155. p. 8. 2003-12-31. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ Who's Who 2010: RAMSDEN, David Edward John. Who's Who. A & C Black, Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-957215-1. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N2. 31 December 2014.
- ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List
- ↑ King's College London