Background
WASS, Douglas William Gretton was born on April 15, 1923 in Wallasey, Cheshire. Son of late Arthur W. and Elsie W. Wass.
business executive and civil servant
WASS, Douglas William Gretton was born on April 15, 1923 in Wallasey, Cheshire. Son of late Arthur W. and Elsie W. Wass.
Nottingham High School, Saint John"s College, Cambridge.
Assistant Principal, Treasury 1946, Principal 1951. Commonwealth Fund Fellow, United States of America 1958-1959. Fellow, Brookings Institute, Washington 1959.
Private
Secretary to Chancellor 1959-1961. Private Secretary to Chief Secretary 62. Alternate Executive Director to International Monetary Fund and Financial Counsellor, British Embassy, Washington 1965-1967.
Under-Secretary of Treasury 1968, Deputy Secretary 1970, Second Permanent
Secretary 1973, Permanent Secretary 1974-1983; Jt.
Head, Home Civil Service 83. Reith Lecturer, British Broadcasting Corporation 1983.
Chairman British Selection Committee, Harkness Fellowships 1981-1984, Governing Body of the Ditchley Foundation, Council of the Policy Studies Institute.
Chairman Economics Policy Committee, Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development 1982. Chairman Nomura Institute Limited. since 1986, Equity and Law Life Assurance Society Public Limited Company since 1986 (Director since 1984). Governor Centre for Economics Policy Research 1983-1990.
Adviser to Campaign for Freedom of Information.
Director De Louisiana Rue Company Public Limited Company since 1983, Coopers and Lybrand 1984-1986, Barclays Bank Public Limited Company 1984-1987. Administrateur, Compagnie du Midi South America since 1987.
Vice-President Constitutional Reform Centre since 1984. President Market Research Society since 1987.
Fellow, Saint John"s College, Cambridge.
Of Council of University of Bath. Overseas Development Council since 1990. Council British Heart Foundation since 1990.
Married Doctor Milica Pavicie in 1954.