Tom Scholar

Tom Scholar
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
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
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 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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Government offices
Preceded by Jonathan Powell	Downing Street Chief of Staff 2007–2008	Succeeded by Stephen Carter
Preceded by Oliver Robbins	Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2007–2008	Succeeded by Jeremy Heywood