12 Facts About Dave Ramsden

Sir David Edward John Ramsden CBE was born on 9 February 1964 and is a British economist and has been Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking at the Bank of England since 4 September 2017.

Dave Ramsden was previously Chief Economic Adviser to HM Treasury and 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.

Dave Ramsden was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and graduated from the London School of Economics with an MSc Economics in 1990 and married his wife, Dr Niccola Shearman, in 1993.

Dave Ramsden joined the Civil Service in 1986 before joining the Treasury in 1988.

Dave Ramsden has worked on a wide range of economic policy issues, including monetary policy, fiscal and tax policy, the public finances, the business sector and labour markets.

Between 1999 and 2003, Dave Ramsden led the Treasury's work on whether the UK should join the Euro.

Dave Ramsden worked on tax administration and policy issues from 2003 until 2006.

In June 2007, Dave Ramsden joined the Treasury Board and in 2008 he was appointed Chief Economic Adviser.

Dave Ramsden became Joint Head of the Government Economic Service, the largest single recruiter of economists in the UK, from 2007; sole Head in 2010.

Dave Ramsden is a trustee of Pro-Bono Economics, a charity whose aim is to broker economists into the charitable sector to help on short and medium-term assignments, typically addressing questions around measurement, results and impact.

Dave Ramsden is President of the Society of Professional Economists.

Dave Ramsden was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to economic policy making.