Dave Ramsden
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David Edward John Ramsden CBE
(born 9 February 1964) is a senior British civil servant, serving as the Managing Director of Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy in 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
.
Ramsden began his civil service career in the Government Economic Service in the Department of Health and Social Security
and joined the Treasury in 1988. He has worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues relating to the UK and European economies including fiscal and tax policy and the public finances, the business sector and labour markets. He played a leading role on the UK's policy agendas for the EU stability and growth pact and economic reform and, from 2001 to 2002, he was a member of the EU's Economic Policy committee. Between 1999 and 2003 he led the Treasury's work on the Assessment of the Five Economic Tests and 18 EMU studies. This analysis was the basis for the Government's decision on UK membership of the single currency.
Ramsden had been the Treasury's Chief Macroeconomist and Director of the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy Group since January 2006. He was promoted to the new position of Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy in June 2007, and also took over the joint responsibility of the Government Economic Service, previously headed by Sir Nicholas Stern (now the Lord Stern of Brentford). He was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours 2004 for his work on EMU.
Order of the British Empire
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(born 9 February 1964) is a senior British civil servant, serving as the Managing Director of Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy in HM Treasury
HM Treasury
HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
. He is the Head of the Government Economic Service
Government Economic Service
The Government Economic Service was founded in 1964 by Sir Alec Cairncross. It is a professional grouping of public sector economists who work across some 40 government departments and agencies, the Bank of England is also a Corporate Member of the GES. The GES recruits economists on behalf of the...
, having previously served as Joint Head of the Service with Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce CB is an economist, and former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service.-Early life:She was born in Athens, the daughter of Nicolas and Voula Courmouzis...
, formerly Chief Economic Adviser and Director-General at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...
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Ramsden began his civil service career in the Government Economic Service in the Department of Health and Social Security
Department of Health and Social Security
The Department of Health and Social Security was a ministry of the British government in existence for twenty years from 1968 until 1988, and was headed by the Secretary of State for Social Services.-History:...
and joined the Treasury in 1988. He has worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues relating to the UK and European economies including fiscal and tax policy and the public finances, the business sector and labour markets. He played a leading role on the UK's policy agendas for the EU stability and growth pact and economic reform and, from 2001 to 2002, he was a member of the EU's Economic Policy committee. Between 1999 and 2003 he led the Treasury's work on the Assessment of the Five Economic Tests and 18 EMU studies. This analysis was the basis for the Government's decision on UK membership of the single currency.
Ramsden had been the Treasury's Chief Macroeconomist and Director of the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy Group since January 2006. He was promoted to the new position of Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy in June 2007, and also took over the joint responsibility of the Government Economic Service, previously headed by Sir Nicholas Stern (now the Lord Stern of Brentford). He was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours 2004 for his work on EMU.