Gus O'Donnell Quotes

Gus O'Donnell — British Economist born on October 01, 1952,

Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell GCB FBA , is a former British senior civil servant and economist, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary, the highest official in the British Civil Service... (wikipedia)

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain.

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world.

It's amazing what you can get on open source now if you actually use the right search engines to find the material.

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years.

Gus O'Donnell Quotes

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