Vicky Pryce

Vicky Pryce
Pryce in 2014
Born
Vasiliki Kourmouzi

(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 72)[1]
Athens, Greece
OccupationEconomist
Spouses
Gareth Pryce
(m. 1972; div. 1981)
(m. 1984; div. 2011)
Children5
Criminal chargePerverting the course of justice

Vasiliki "Vicky" Pryce (née Kourmouzi (Greek: Βασιλική Κουρμούζη); born 15 July 1952)[2][3] is a Greek-born British economist and a former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service.[4]

She is currently the Chief Economic Adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, in London, where she is also a board member.[5] In 2023, Pryce joined the British Chambers of Commerce's newly-launched Economic Advisory Council as a senior member.[6] She is a visiting professor at Birmingham City University[7] and King's College London.[8]

On 7 March 2013, she and her former husband, Chris Huhne, were convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to eight months in prison, when she was convicted after trial and Huhne pleaded guilty. They each served nine weeks in prison.[9]

  1. ^ Civil Service, High Flyers, January 2005
  2. ^ "Vicky PRYCE". Companies House. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ^ Rayner, Gordon; Prince, Rosa (16 May 2011). "Vicky Pryce: the woman behind Chris Huhne's downfall". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ "About BIS, Management Board". Vicky Pryce biography. Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Meet the Team | Centre for Economics and Business Research". CEBR. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Economic Council To Power Up Growth". www.britishchambers.org.uk. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Vicky Pryce | Bite-Sized". Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Should we worry about stagflation?". Centre for Brexit Studies Blog. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. ^ Mason, Rowena (14 October 2013). "Vicky Pryce says she has no regrets about being jailed over speeding points". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2017.