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Tom Scholar

Tom Scholar
Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury
Assumed office
June 2016
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Theresa May
Chancellor Philip Hammond
Preceded by Sir Nick Macpherson
Prime Minister's Adviser, European and Global Issues
In office
2013–2016
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by Sir Jon Cunlifee
Succeeded by Oliver Robbins
Second Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury
In office
2009–2013
Chancellor Alistair Darling
George Osborne
Preceded by John Kingman
Succeeded by Sharon White
Principal Private Secretary to the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
27 June 2007 – 23 January 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Preceded by Oliver Robbins
Succeeded by Jeremy Heywood
Downing Street Chief of Staff
In office
27 June 2007 – 23 January 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Preceded by Jonathan Powell
Succeeded by Stephen Carter
Personal details
Born (1968-12-17) 17 December 1968 (age 48)
Nationality British
Alma mater Trinity Hall, Cambridge, London School of Economics
Occupation Civil servant

Thomas Whinfield Scholar (born 17 December 1968) is a British civil servant currently serving as Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury. Scholar was previously the Prime Minister's Adviser on European and Global Issues in the Cabinet Office.

Scholar joined HM Treasury in 1992, rising to Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1997, serving Gordon Brown for four years until 2001. Following that posting, Scholar served as the British representative on the boards of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, attached to the British Embassy in Washington as Minister for Economic Affairs for six years.

In 2007, following Brown taking over the leadership of the Labour Party and thus the office of Prime Minister, Scholar returned to the UK taking over the two roles of Downing Street Chief of Staff from Jonathan Powell and of Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from Oliver Robbins. After six months, Scholar left Number 10 to return to the Treasury as the Managing Director of its International and Finance Directorate in January 2008. The next year, Scholar was promoted to be the Second Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, taking over from John Kingman. In this role, Scholar was a director of the nationalised bank, Northern Rock.


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