Vicky Pryce
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Pryce at a Policy Exchange conference, September 2014
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Vasiliki Kourmouzi 8 August 1952 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Criminal charge | Perverting the course of justice |
| Spouse(s) | David Pryce (1972—81) Chris Huhne (1984–2010) |
| Children | 5 |
Vasiliki "Vicky" Pryce (née Kourmouzi (Greek: Βασιλική Κουρμούζη); born 1952) is a Greek-born British economist, and former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service. On 7 March 2013, Pryce and her former husband, MP Chris Huhne, were convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to eight months in prison.
Pryce was born in Athens, but moved to London at the age of 17. She studied at the LSE, gaining a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Monetary Economics.
After university she had, according to Ned Temko, a "glittering career" as an economist and then chief economist at Williams & Glyn's Bank (now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland) from 1973 to 1983; as corporate economist for Exxon Europe from 1983 to 1986; and as chief economist at Peat Marwick McLintock and KPMG from 1986 to 2001. When having a child, she took six weeks off for each one. She left KPMG at Blackfriars in late 2001, and worked for the London Economics consultancy. As of April 2015[update], she is on the advisory board of OMFIF where she is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.
Pryce joined the Department for Trade and Industry in August 2002 as Chief Economic Adviser, the first woman to be appointed to the post, for which the salary was about £110,000. She was also Chairman of the GoodCorporation, an organisation promoting ethical business practices.
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