1. Nicholas Ian Macpherson, Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court, was born on 14 July 1959 and is a former senior British civil servant.
14 Facts About Nick Macpherson
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Nick Macpherson served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016.
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Nick Macpherson managed the department through the financial and wider economic crisis which began in 2007.
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Nick Macpherson was nominated for a crossbench peerage in David Cameron's 2016 resignation Honours, and joined the House of Lords on 4 October 2016.
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Nick Macpherson later attended Balliol College, Oxford and University College London.
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Nick Macpherson first worked as an economist at the CBI and Peat Marwick Consulting.
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From 2004 to 2005 Nick Macpherson managed the Budget and Public Finance Directorate, where he was responsible for tax policy and the budget process.
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Nick Macpherson succeeded Sir Gus O'Donnell as Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, when the latter moved to be the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service in 2005.
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Nick Macpherson came to prominence during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum when he advised George Osborne against entering into a currency union with any Scottish independent state, which was contrary to initial Scottish National Party plans.
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Nick Macpherson stepped down from the Treasury on 31 March 2016.
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Nick Macpherson was a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and is a visiting professor at King's College London.
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Nick Macpherson is the father of Fred Macpherson, frontman and vocalist of indie rock band Spector.
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Nick Macpherson was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2009 New Year Honours, and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the same Order in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
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Nick Macpherson was nominated for a life peerage in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created Baron Nick Macpherson of Earl's Court, of Earl's Court in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on 4 October.