Vicky Pryce appointed joint head of Government Economic Service
Vicky Pryce, chief economic adviser and director general of economics at BERR (the new department which replaced the DTI – see our article), has been appointed joint head of the Government Economic Service (GES). With Dave Ramsden, she will be responsible for the professional direction and development of over 1000 economists in more than 30 government departments and agencies.
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As the first female and first non-treasury head of the GES, Vicky Pryce said, “I am delighted to be given this opportunity. The GES is one of the strongest professional bodies in Whitehall and has been going from strength to strength. The previous head, Sir Nicholas Stern, showed the important role that economics can play in shaping and influencing policy in many areas of Government - not least, with his own report on the economics of climate change. I am looking forward to continuing to push the role of analysis and evidence in better policy-making across Whitehall.”
The GES is the largest recruiter of economists in the UK, grouping over 1000 UK civil service economists working in more than 30 government departments and agencies. The GES recruits economists on behalf of the departments and helps maintain professional standards for existing economists.
The appointment is for an initial period of two years. Vicky Pryce is chief economic adviser and director general of economics at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, (BERR). She will carry out her new role with the GES in addition to her responsibilities at BERR.
She has been a deputy head of GES since 2002 – prior to joining the civil service she held a variety of senior economist positions, including partner at London Economics, chief economist and then partner at KPMG; corporate economist for Esso Europe and chief economist for Williams & Glyn's Bank (later the Royal Bank of Scotland).
For more information about the post and also on Dave Ramsden, click here.
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