Alison Kilburn
Head of the Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) team - HM Treasury
I lead the Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) team, based in the HM Treasury, which is responsible for supporting the Government Economics Service (GES) and the Government Social Research (GSR) professions across all analytical departments. This involves everything from recruitment, including delivering the first Degree Level Economic Apprenticeship in the UK, to progression and development of more than 3,000 professional analysts. The GES and GSR professions work closely with the academic community, including on a series of lecture programmes where we showcase the academic literature to the wider policy community. I am an economist, with more than twenty years professional experience working in Government; and have worked across several departments (BEIS, HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, Competition authority) on a wide range of policy areas (economic growth, productivity, regional policy, enterprise, energy, shareholder value, regulatory burden, labour markets, sustainable development, global conflict, global health systems, competition policy)