Nicholas Joicey
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Nicholas Beverley Joicey (born 11 May 1970) is the director of the International Department at HM Treasury
. He previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to United Kingdom chancellor Gordon Brown
and as a journalist at The Observer
newspaper.
to Harold Beverley and Wendy Joicey. He was educated at Wintringham School
, Grimsby He studied for a degree in history at Bristol University and then completed a PhD at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
newspaper. He then moved to the Treasury, working as Private Secretary and Speech writer to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown
between 1999 and 2001. Joicey was part of a United Kingdom delegation to the International Monetary Fund
and World Bank
in Washington from 2001 to 2003, heading the EU policy team from 2004 to 2006.
. His interests include modern history and film and he is a trustee of the Cambridge Film Trust.
HM Treasury
HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
. He previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to United Kingdom chancellor Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
and as a journalist at The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
newspaper.
Early life
Joicey was born in GuisboroughGuisborough
Guisborough is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England....
to Harold Beverley and Wendy Joicey. He was educated at Wintringham School
Wintringham School
Oasis Academy Wintringham is a secondary school on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is just the A16 Peaks Parkway just south-west of the A46 crossroads next to the Lisle Marsden CE in Wellow and on the Grimsby/Cleethorpes boundary...
, Grimsby He studied for a degree in history at Bristol University and then completed a PhD at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
Career
From 1995 to 1996, Joicey worked at The ObserverThe Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
newspaper. He then moved to the Treasury, working as Private Secretary and Speech writer to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
between 1999 and 2001. Joicey was part of a United Kingdom delegation to the International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
and World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
in Washington from 2001 to 2003, heading the EU policy team from 2004 to 2006.
Personal life
Joicey is married to Leeds West MP Rachel ReevesRachel Reeves
Rachel Jane Reeves is a British economist and a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010. She served as Shadow Pensions Minister from October 2010 until October 2011, when she was appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Ed...
. His interests include modern history and film and he is a trustee of the Cambridge Film Trust.