Tom Scholar Politician
Thomas Whinfield Scholar, known commonly as Tom Scholar, is a British civil servant who is a director of the nationalised bank, Northern Rock and was previously Chief of Staff for Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. He is currently the Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and heads the department's International and Finance Directorate. His father, Michael Scholar, is also a Civil Servant, currently employed as the non-executive chairman of the British Government's Statistics Board and former President of St John's College, Oxford.Tom Scholar was previously an Executive Director (ED) at the World Bank. He was educated at Dulwich College (1979–1986), Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.He has two younger brothers, Richard and John.
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office | Downing Street Chief of Staff Principal Private Secretary to thePrime Minister of the United Kingdom |
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