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Justine Wilson

Justine is an experienced economist with over seven years of experience working in the UK Civil Service across various policy areas. She specialises in cost-benefit analysis, business cases, and regulatory impact assessments, as well as market intelligence reports and policy analysis.

Justine has held key roles in His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Department for Education (DfE), and regulatory bodies such as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Throughout her career, she has provided economic analysis to support evidence-based policymaking and ensuring robust assessments of regulatory and financial impacts in a number of areas.

Practise areas:

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis & Business Cases – Development of economic models and business cases for public sector policies

  • Regulatory Impact Assessments – Evaluating policy implications and compliance costs

  • Market Intelligence & Policy Analysis – Conducting research and producing reports to support decision-making

Prior employment experience:

  • HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – Economic Advisor (2024 – 2025)
  • Food Standards Agency – Economic Advisor (2021 – 2024)
  • Department for Education – Senior Executive Officer (Analyst) (2020 – 2021)
  • HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – Fast Stream Economist (2018 – 2020)
  • Health and Safety Executive – Placement Assistant Economist (2016 – 2017)

Education and Qualifications:

  • Queen Mary University of London – MSc in Economics (2023)
  • Queen Mary University of London – Level 7 Senior Professional Economist Apprenticeship (2023)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University – BSc in Economics (2018)