Sir John Gieve

Sir John Gieve served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 2006 to 2009 during the financial crisis, sitting on the Monetary Policy Committee which determines UK interest rates and on the FSA board which regulates the financial sector. Before the Bank, he was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office during the period following 9/11, overseeing responses to increased terrorist threats, crime reduction and antisocial behaviour programmes, criminal justice co-ordination, the identity card scheme, and immigration and asylum.