Lindsey Whyte
Director General, International Finance, HM Treasury
Lindsey was appointed in 2021 as the Director General responsible for advancing the UK's economic and financial interests internationally. Lindsey is the UK's Finance Deputy at the G7 and G20 and oversees the UK Treasury’s bilateral relations with Finance Ministries and the international financial institutions. She is also a member of the Treasury's Executive Management Board.
In her previous role as Director for Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions, Lindsey was responsible for significant parts of the UK’s domestic response to the pandemic, including design and implementation of the UK’s furlough scheme and self-employed income support scheme. She has also previously spent time at the Ministry of Defence as a Finance and Strategy Director, and has held a range of roles in the Treasury including negotiating the new fiscal framework after the Scottish referendum, leading work on the world economy and IMF financing during the financial crisis, and as a member of the UK Delegation at the IMF and World Bank in Washington. She is an economist by background and has qualified through CIMA as part of the UK Government Finance Professional development programme.
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Bruegel Annual Meetings | 4-5 September 2024
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