David Kennedy, CB, CBE (born 29 September 1969) is a British civil servant and economist, Chief Executive of the British government's Committee on Climate Change from 2008 until 2014, now director general for economic development at the Department for International Development.
[2] Kennedy was a research fellow at the London School of Economics from 1993 to 1996, then briefly a consultant at the Centre for Regulated Industries in 1996–1997, before joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a Senior Economist.
Lord Deben commented that "He is the best kind of civil servant; intellectually robust and technically proficient, bringing sound judgment and careful evaluation to every issue.
[4] In 2001, Kennedy married Philippa Stonebridge, and they have one daughter, two sons and a cat called Blu.
In Who's Who he gives his recreations as "kids, classical clarinet, jazz saxophone, literature, Manchester City".