Dave Ramsden

David Edward John ("Dave") Ramsden CBE^[1] (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.^[2]

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.^[2] 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.^[1][2]

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by New position	Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy HM Treasury 2007-	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

1. ^ ^{a b} London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57155. p. 8. 2003-12-31. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Who's Who 2010: RAMSDEN, David Edward John. Who's Who. A & C Black, Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199572151. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U59555. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 

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Name	Ramsden, Dave
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Date of birth	1964-02-09
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