Nicholas Beverley Joicey (born 11 May 1970) is the Director General for Finance at

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, having previously been Director General for Strategy, International and Finance at

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. He previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to United Kingdom chancellor

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, as a journalist at ''

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'' newspaper and as director of the International Department at

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Early life

Joicey was born in

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, to Harold Beverley and Wendy Joicey. He was educated at

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, Grimsby He studied for a degree in history at

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and then completed a PhD at

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Career

From 1995 to 1996, Joicey worked at ''

'' newspaper. He then moved to the Treasury, working as Private Secretary and Speech writer to Chancellor of the Exchequer,

between 1999 and 2001. Joicey was part of a United Kingdom delegation to the

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and

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in Washington from 2001 to 2003, heading the EU policy team from 2004 to 2006. He was Director for International Finance at

before joining

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in January 2014 as Director General for Strategy, International and Biosecurity. Joicey was appointed DWP Finance Director General, in July 2018. Joicey was appointed

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(CB) in the

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for services to the environment.

Personal life

Joicey is married to Leeds West MP and

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. His interests include modern history and film and he is a trustee of the Cambridge Film Trust.Cambridge Film Trust » The Trustees- Welcome

References

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