Thomas Hughes-Hallett
British barrister, financier and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett (born 28 August 1954) is a British barrister, investment banker and philanthropy executive. He serves as the Non-Executive Chair of the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He promotes philanthropy, and argues for more ethical engagement within the City of London.
Early life
Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett was born on 28 August 1954.
He was educated at Eton College, a public school in Berkshire, England. He then went on to read history at the University of Oxford. In an interview, he said he had taught mathematics, music and hockey in Zimbabwe at the age of twenty-one. He then received a law degree from The College of Law.
Career
Hughes-Hallett first trained as a barrister, but quit soon thereafter as he felt the job was "lonely". In another interview, he stated that his image of being a barrister was shattered when his first case was an eleven-week incest trial.
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