Sir John Gieve's Curriculum Vitae
Sir John Gieve was appointed Deputy Governor
in January 2006. In addition to his membership of the Monetary
Policy Committee, he has specific responsibility for the Bank's
Financial Stability work and is a member of the Board of the FSA.
Before joining the Bank he was Home Office Permanent
Secretary. He was appointed in April 2001. Over the last four
years he has led a major programme to improve the performance
and build the capacity of the department and its agencies through
rigorous performance management, bringing in new skills, and restructuring
the department and the services it is responsible for.
He joined the Civil Service in 1974 working
in the Department of Employment on industrial relations, pay policy
and special training and employment schemes to reduce unemployment.
He moved to Treasury in 1978 and worked on employment
and energy policy before becoming Private Secretary to the Chief
Secretary. Between 1984 and 1986 he was seconded to 3i as an investment
controller in their London office. He returned to Treasury to
head the team co-ordinating the annual public expenditure survey
and in 1988 was appointed Treasury Press Secretary. One year later
he became Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor, and worked
for Nigel Lawson, John Major and Norman Lamont.
Between 1991 and 1994 John headed the group
responsible for policy on banks and City regulators before moving
to the Directorate responsible for planning and control of public
spending and for improving productivity in the public services.
John managed the Comprehensive Spending Reviews in 1998 and 2000,
establishing the system of Public Service Agreements and setting
up the Public Services Productivity Panel.
He chaired the reviews of crime reduction and
of children and young people at risk in the 2000 Spending Review,
the latter focussed on how to mobilise all departmental programmes
to support key cross-departmental targets.
John is married with two sons in their early twenties
and has lived for 20 years in North London. He is a Governor of
an Islington Primary School, trustee of a local sports charity
and a keen Arsenal supporter.
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