Tom Scholar
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Tom Scholar | |
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Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
In office 27 June 2007 – 23 January 2008 |
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Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Jonathan Powell |
Succeeded by | Stephen Carter |
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 23 January 2008 |
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Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Oliver Robbins |
Succeeded by | Jeremy Heywood |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge, London School of Economics |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Thomas Whinfield Scholar is a British civil servant who is a director [1] 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),[2] Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
He has two younger brothers, Richard and John.
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Preceded by | Downing Street Chief of Staff 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Stephen Carter |
Preceded by | Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Jeremy Heywood |
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