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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;">Sir</div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Nigel Wicks</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1985–1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Butler,_Baron_Butler_of_Brockwell" title="Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell">Robin Butler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Turnbull,_Baron_Turnbull" title="Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull">Andrew Turnbull</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Nigel Leonard Wicks</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1940-06-16</span>) </span>16 June 1940<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 84)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beckenham_and_Penge_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Beckenham and Penge Grammar School">Beckenham and Penge Grammar School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portsmouth_College_of_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portsmouth College of Technology (page does not exist)">Portsmouth College of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Finance</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> <a href="/wiki/1979_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">(1979)</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a> <a href="/wiki/1989_New_Year_Honours" title="1989 New Year Honours">(1989)</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a> <a href="/wiki/1992_New_Year_Honours" title="1992 New Year Honours">(1992)</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a> <a href="/wiki/1999_New_Year_Honours" title="1999 New Year Honours">(1999)</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (born 16 June 1940) is a British financier and former senior British civil servant. He also served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Euroclear" title="Euroclear">Euroclear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Wicks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Educated originally at <a href="/wiki/Beckenham_and_Penge_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Beckenham and Penge Grammar School">Beckenham and Penge Grammar School</a>, Wicks joined <a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a> in 1958 at the age of 18.<sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst at BP, Wicks studied for a <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> <a href="/wiki/University_of_London_International_Programmes" class="mw-redirect" title="University of London International Programmes">external</a> MA in business administration at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Portsmouth_College_of_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portsmouth College of Technology (page does not exist)">Portsmouth College of Technology</a>, now part of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Portsmouth" title="University of Portsmouth">University of Portsmouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_2002_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio_2002-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 10 years at BP, Wicks joined <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a> in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the Treasury, Wicks undertook a number of positions including secondments to the <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">Prime Minister's Office</a> as a Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1975–1978, under <a href="/wiki/Jim_Callaghan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Callaghan">Callaghan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a>) and at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Washington,_D.C." title="Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.">British Embassy in Washington, D.C.</a> as <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Economic_Ministers_at_the_British_Embassy_in_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Economic Ministers at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. (page does not exist)">Economic Minister</a> (and so the UK's Executive Director of the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">IMF</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="International Bank for Reconstruction and Development">IBRD</a>) from 1983–1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Wicks took up his position as <a href="/wiki/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>, a post he held for three years until returning to the Treasury as Second <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Secretary">Permanent Secretary</a> with responsibility for International Finance, where he remained for twelve years until reaching mandatory retirement age in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_2002_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio_2002-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Wicks' retirement, the Treasury's International Finance command was merged into that of Macro-Economic Policy, led by <a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell,_Baron_O%27Donnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a> (later The Lord O'Donnell).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After retirement, Wicks moved into finance; he served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/CREST_(securities_depository)" title="CREST (securities depository)">CRESTCo</a> for a year from 2001 until it merged with <a href="/wiki/Euroclear" title="Euroclear">Euroclear</a>, where he was Deputy chairman 2002–2006 and since then as chairman. Wicks also served as a non-executive director of <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Stanley" title="Morgan Stanley">Morgan Stanley</a> for three years from 2004, and of the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Investment_Trust" title="Edinburgh Investment Trust">Edinburgh Investment Trust</a> since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_2002_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio_2002-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In public appointments, Wicks was appointed Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Standards_in_Public_Life" title="Committee on Standards in Public Life">Committee on Standards in Public Life</a> from 2001–2004, as Chair of the panel appointing the initial members of the then-new <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Appointments_Commission" title="Judicial Appointments Commission">Judicial Appointments Commission</a> in 2005, and since 2007 has been <a href="/wiki/Commissioner" title="Commissioner">Commissioner</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Financial_Services_Commission" title="Jersey Financial Services Commission">Jersey Financial Services Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2012, Wicks was appointed chairman of the <a href="/wiki/British_Bankers%27_Association" title="British Bankers' Association">British Bankers' Association</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Wicks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As well as his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(postgraduate_degree)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (postgraduate degree)">MA</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, Wicks holds an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">MA</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>, and honorary <a href="/wiki/Legum_Doctor" title="Legum Doctor">LLD</a> degrees from the Universities of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bath" title="University of Bath">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Portsmouth" title="University of Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. He is married with three sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_bio_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wicks was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in <a href="/wiki/1979_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">Prime Minister Callaghan's Resignation Honours list</a> in 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-CBE_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">Commander of the Royal Victorian Order</a> (CVO) in the <a href="/wiki/1989_New_Year_Honours" title="1989 New Year Honours">1989 New Year Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CVO_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander</a> (KCB) in the <a href="/wiki/1992_New_Year_Honours" title="1992 New Year Honours">1992 New Year Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-KCB_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then promoted to a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> (GCB) in the <a href="/wiki/1999_New_Year_Honours" title="1999 New Year Honours">1999 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GCB_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Wicks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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(page does not exist)">Economic Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Washington,_D.C." title="Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.">British Embassy in Washington, D.C.</a> </b><br />1983–1985 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>Unknown</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Butler,_Baron_Butler_of_Brockwell" title="Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell">Robin Butler</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Principal Private Secretary <br /> to the Prime Minister</a> </b><br />1985–1988 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Turnbull,_Baron_Turnbull" title="Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull">Andrew Turnbull</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Second <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Secretary">Permanent Secretary</a>, <br /> <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a> </b><br />1988–2000 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell,_Baron_O%27Donnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a></div><i><b>as managing director, Macro-Economic <br /> Policy and International Finance </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Neill,_Baron_Neill_of_Bladen" title="Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen">The Lord Neill of Bladen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Standards_in_Public_Life" title="Committee on Standards in Public Life">Committee on Standards in Public Life</a> </b><br />2001–2004 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Graham" title="Alistair Graham">Sir Alistair Graham</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ffcc66;">Business positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Dobbie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Dobbie (page does not exist)">Scott Dobbie</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman, <a href="/wiki/CREST_(securities_depository)" title="CREST (securities depository)">CRESTCo</a> </b><br />2001–2002 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_Francotte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierre Francotte (page does not exist)">Pierre Francotte</a></div><i><b>as Chairman, Euroclear UK & Ireland </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b><br /><div style="font-size:90%">Position created after merger with CRESTCo</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Deputy Chairman, <a href="/wiki/Euroclear" title="Euroclear">Euroclear</a> </b><br />2002–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Jacques_Verdickt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Jacques Verdickt (page does not exist)">Jean-Jacques Verdickt</a></div> </td></tr> <tr 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