Nigel Hawkins, Senior Fellow

Nigel Hawkins is an investment analyst who specializes primarily in the electricity, gas, water and telecoms sector; he also covers several other sectors. He has worked in the City since 1988, notably for Hoare Govett (now RBS), Yamaichi and Williams de Broe (now Evolution). Prior to joining the City, he worked for six years in politics, including three years as Political Correspondence Secretary to Lady Thatcher at 10 Downing Street. In 1987, he stood in the general election as Conservative Party candidate in Sedgefield against Tony Blair.

Hawkins was awarded a degree in law, economics and politics from the University of Buckingham. He has written a number of publications for the Adam Smith Institute, including High Speed Fail (2011), Privatisation Revisited (2010), and Privatisation – Reviving the Momentum (2008).