British banker and former civil servant
Michael James Ellam CB (born 4 October 1968) is a British banker and former civil servant.[1]
Biography
Ellam was educated at Forest Hill School , before studying economics at Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1987 to 1990 and at the London School of Economics from 1990 to 1991.[2] A career Civil Servant, he joined HM Treasury in 1993. He held a succession of posts including Private Secretary to Chancellor Kenneth Clarke , Head of Debt and Reserves Management and Director of Policy. He was appointed Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009.[3] [4] [5] In 2009, he returned to HM Treasury as Director General International Finance continuing into the premiership of David Cameron .[6] [7]
He was appointed Chairman of the EU Financial Services Committee in 2011.[8] He joined HSBC in 2013 and is currently Co-Head of Public Sector Banking in the Global Banking and Markets Division.[9] [10]
He was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to international finance policy.[11]
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