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{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Giles Wilkes''' is a former special adviser to secretary of state for business, innovation and skills [[Vincent Cable]].<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> | {{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Giles Wilkes''' is a former special adviser to secretary of state for business, innovation and skills [[Vincent Cable]].<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> | ||
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Prior to his position in Vince Cable's office, Wilkes was chief economist at the self-described "liberal" think-tank [[CentreForum]].<ref>Staff writers, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/giles-wilkes Giles Wilkes]", ''The Guardian'', accessed 13.09.10</ref> | Prior to his position in Vince Cable's office, Wilkes was chief economist at the self-described "liberal" think-tank [[CentreForum]].<ref>Staff writers, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/giles-wilkes Giles Wilkes]", ''The Guardian'', accessed 13.09.10</ref> | ||
| − | On | + | On 25 May 2010, Wilkes posted to his blog: "This is the last post on this blog until further notice. I have unexpectedly been offered an advisory position to the new government".<ref>Giles Wilkes, "[http://freethinkingeconomist.com/ Freethinking Economist]", 25.05.10, accessed 13.09.10</ref> He started blogging again after leaving his spad role in 2014 <ref> http://freethinkecon.wordpress.com/. <ref> [http://freethinkecon.wordpress.com/about/ The Freethinkecon] Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>, more sporadically since becoming an FT leader writer. |
==Contact, Resources, Notes== | ==Contact, Resources, Notes== | ||
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Giles Wilkes is a former special adviser to secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Vincent Cable.[1]
He is now a leader writer for the Financial Times.
Background
After graduating from Oxford in politics, philosophy and economics, Wilkes spent a brief period in publishing before ten years working in various roles at IG Group. He has an MBA from the London Business School and in 2006 acquired a Masters in Global History from the London School of Economics.[2]
Wilkes is on the advisory board of the Economic Policy Centre.[3]
Prior to his position in Vince Cable's office, Wilkes was chief economist at the self-described "liberal" think-tank CentreForum.[4]
On 25 May 2010, Wilkes posted to his blog: "This is the last post on this blog until further notice. I have unexpectedly been offered an advisory position to the new government".[5] He started blogging again after leaving his spad role in 2014 Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag, more sporadically since becoming an FT leader writer.
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gilesyb
Blog: http://freethinkingeconomist.com/
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Giles Wilkes", The Guardian, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Economic Policy Centre, "Advisory Board", accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Giles Wilkes", The Guardian, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Giles Wilkes, "Freethinking Economist", 25.05.10, accessed 13.09.10
