Robert Watt

Robert Watt is Secretary General, Dept of Public Expenditure. An economist, he has broad experience in the public and private sectors, and has worked in a range of roles within the department, as well as previously working with Indecon Economic Consultants and London Economics. He is previously an assistant secretary in the Sectoral Policy Division of the Department of Finance and has responsibility for overall expenditure policy including the comprehensive spending review, capital investment policy and managing the annual Estimates process. He has a primary degree in business studies and a master's in economics.