Sir Kenneth Berrill, GBE

GBE

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, KCB

Order of the Bath

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, (28 August 1920 - 30 April 2009) was an English

English people

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 economist

Economist

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 and public servant.

Throughout his career, he held a number of posts including head of the Central Policy Review Staff

Central Policy Review Staff

The Central Policy Review Staff , nicknamed the "Think-Tank", was an independent unit within the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom tasked with developing long term strategy and co-ordinating policy across government departments...

 from 1974 to 1980 and the chairmanship of the Securities and Investments Board until 1988.. He served as an adviser to the OECD and the World Bank

World Bank

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 and was bursar and a fellow of King's College

King's College, Cambridge

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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In 1950, he was member of an Anglo-Swiss expedition which was the first to climb Abi Gamin

Abi Gamin

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External links

• Sir Kenneth Berrill (Telegraph obituary)
• Lives remembered: Sir Kenneth Berrill…