Dave Ramsden

Biography
Dave began his career as an economist in the Department for Health and Social Security before joining the Treasury in 1988, where he has worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues. 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, Dave led the Treasury’s analysis on whether the UK should join the euro for which he was awarded a CBE in the 2004 New Years Honours. From 2003 to 2006 he worked on the review that led to the creation of HM Revenue & Customs and was the Treasury’s Director of Tax and Budget.

In 2007, Dave became Managing Director for Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy at the Treasury and, with Vicky Pryce CB, Joint Head of the Government Economic Service, the largest single recruiter of economists in the UK. In 2008 Dave was appointed Chief Economic Advisor to the Treasury.