John Hellyar Rickard (27 January 1940 – 10 September 2013) was a former Chief Economic Advisor to the British Government.

Education

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* St John's College, Oxford (MA 1966; DPhil 1976) * University of Aston in Birmingham (MSc 1969).

Career

Early career

Lecturer, University of Aston, 1967–70; Economist, Programmes Analysis Unit,

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, Harwell, 1970–72; Research Associate and Deputy Head, Health Services Evaluation Group, Department of the Regius Professor of Medicine,

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, 1972-74.

Civil Service

Rickard joined the Civil Service as an Economic Adviser,

Department of Health and Social Security The Department of Health and Social Security (commonly known as the DHSS) was a ministry of the British government in existence for twenty years from 1968 until 1988, and was headed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services. Hi ...

, 1974-76. He was promoted to Senior Economic Adviser in 1976, and moved to the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, 1976–78; Central Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office, 1978–82;

HM Treasury His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and ...

, 1982–84. After a period as Economic Adviser to the State of

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, 1984–87, he returned as Chief Economic Adviser to the

Department of Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

, 1987-91. He was then Under-Secretary (Economics), HM Treasury, 1991–94, then was again Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Transport, 1994–95, after which he took early retirement from the Civil Service.

Subsequent career

Rickard was IMF Fiscal Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Republic of

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, 1995. Since then, he has been a freelance consultant. Since 2003, he has been a

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of the Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust, and a trustee of the

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, Isle of Wight.

References

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''Debrett's People of Today'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Rickard, John Hellyar Civil servants in the Department of Health and Social Security Civil servants in the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection Civil servants in the Cabinet Office Civil servants in HM Treasury Civil servants in the Ministry of Transport (United Kingdom) 1940 births 2013 deaths People from Ilford People educated at Ilford County High School Members of HM Government Economic Service Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Alumni of Aston University