Giles Wilkes

Giles is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government. Before joining the Institute, Giles spent two and a half years as special adviser to Theresa May on industrial and economic policy, and four years in a similar role to Vince Cable in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

He has also been a writer of editorials for the Financial Times, Chief Economist at the think tank CentreForum, and spent 10 years in the financial markets.