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Ilford County High School
Street John"s College, Oxford (Master of Arts 1966. Doctor of Philosophy 1976)
University of Aston in Birmingham (Master of Science 1969).
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John Rickard
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Early career Lecturer, University of Aston, 1967-1970. Economist, Programmes Analysis Unit, Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, 1970-1972. Research Associate and Deputy Head, Health Services Evaluation Group, Department of the Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford, 1972-1974.
Civil Service Rickard joined the Civil Service as an Economic Adviser, Department of Health and Social Security, 1974-1976.
He was promoted to Senior Economic Adviser in 1976, and moved to the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, 1976-1978. Central Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office, 1978-1982.
Her Majesty Treasury, 1982-1984. After a period as Economic Adviser to the State of Bahrain, 1984-1987, he returned as Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Transport, 1987-1991.
He was then Under-Secretary (Economics), Her Majesty Treasury, 1991-1994, then was again Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Transport, 1994-1995, after which he took early retirement from the Civil Service.
Subsequent career Rickard was International Monetary Fund Fiscal Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Moldova, 1995. Since then, he has been a freelance consultant. Since 2003, he has been a non-executive director of the Isle of Wight Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and a trustee of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight.
