- John Rickard
John Hellyar Rickard (born
27 January 1940 ) is a former Chief Economic Advisor to the British Government.Education
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Ilford County High School
*St John's College, Oxford (MA 1966; DPhil 1976)
* University of Aston in Birmingham (MSc 1969).Career
Early career
Lecturer, University of Aston, 1967-70; Economist, Programmes Analysis Unit,
Atomic Energy Authority ,Harwell , 1970-72; Research Associate and Deputy Head, Health Services Evaluation Group, Department of theRegius Professor of Medicine,University of Oxford , 1972-74.Civil Service
Dr Rickard joined the Civil Service as an Economic Adviser, Department of Health, 1974-76. He was promoted to Senior Economic Adviser in 1976, and moved to the
Department of Prices and Consumer Protection , 1976-78; Central Policy Review Staff,Cabinet Office , 1978-82;HM Treasury , 1982-84.After a period as Economic Adviser to the State of
Bahrain , 1984-87, he returned as Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Transport, 1987-91. He was then Under-Secretary (Economics), HM Treasury, 1991-94, then was again Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Transport, 1994-95, after which he took early retirement from the Civil Service.Subsequent career
Dr. Rickard was IMF Fiscal Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Republic of
Moldova , 1995. Since then, he has been a freelance consultant.Since 2003, he has been a
non-executive director of theIsle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust, and a trustee of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight.Persondata
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DATE OF BIRTH=January 27 ,1940
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