John Gieve

Financier and former civil servant Sir John Gieve KCB spent 20 years working at the UK Treasury, serving as private secretary to three chancellors, Nigel Lawson, John Major and Norman Lamont and carrying out spending reviews for both Conservative and Labour governments. In 2001 he became Permanent Secretary of the Home Office, where he worked on co-ordinating the Criminal Justice System, the identity card scheme and the global terrorist threat. In 2006 he stepped up to become Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and remained in the post until 2009, working throughout the height of the UK’s financial crisis to stabilise international banking systems.

Once a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Gieve works with various bodies that can benefit from his financial and governmental experience, he is currently the chairman of innovation foundation charity Nesta, an independent director of payment systems company VocaLink and of CLS, the foreign exchange settlement company. He is also a non-executive director of the Homerton NHS Trust and a Chair of the Clore Social Leadership Programme, which works in the voluntary sector to develop future leaders.

Regularly called upon to comment on economic policy and global financial systems, Gieve is an authority on Britain’s financial and political landscape and can advise businesses and organisations on how to deal with policy change and the future of banking.