CV of Sir Michael Scholar

Born 3 January 1942 in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales

Education

• St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark 1952-60
• St John's College, Cambridge 1960-64, 1965-67, 1968-69
• University of California at Berkeley 1964-65
• Harvard University 1967-68

Educational qualifications and distinctions

• BA (1964), MA (1967) and PhD (University of Cambridge 1970)
• Associateship of the Royal College of Organists 1962

Civil Service

• Assistant Principal, HM Treasury 1969 Transport Industries 1969-70
  Finance, Sterling Area 1970-71
• Principal, HM Treasury
  Defence Policy and Materiel 1972-74
  Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary (Rt Hon Joel Barnett) 1974-76
• Assistant Secretary, HM Treasury
  Development Finance (Overseas Aid, World Bank, IMF, etc) 1976-79
• Barclays Bank International plc (on secondment from HM Treasury) Senior International Manager, Euromarkets 1979-81
• 10 Downing Street (on secondment from HM Treasury)
  Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher) 1981-83
• Under Secretary, HM Treasury
  Public Expenditure Group 1983-85
  Tax Policy and the Budget 1985-87
• Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury
  Monetary, exchange rate, fiscal policy; financial supervision, the City 1987-92 Public sector pay and management of the Civil Service 1992-93
• Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office 1993-96
• Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry 1996-2001

Academic posts held

• Teaching Assistant at the University of California at Berkeley 1964-65
• Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University 1967
• Assistant Lecturer at the University of Leicester 1968
• Research Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge 1969

Other posts, Honorary posts and distinctions

• President, St John's College, Oxford 2001-
• Director, Legal and General Investment Management 2002-
• Honorary Secretary, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden 1988-93
• Chairman, Civil Service Sports Council 1998-2001
• Director, Civil Service Healthcare 1998-2001
• Honorary Fellowship at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth 1996
• Honorary Doctorate at the University of Glamorgan 1999
• Honorary Fellowship at Cardiff University 2003-
• Honorary Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge 1999
• Governor, National Institute for Economic and Social Research 2001-
• CB 1991; KCB 1999

Interests

• Playing the organ and piano
• Music, opera and ballet
• Theatre, literature and the arts
• Long distance walking, cricket and swimming
• Gardening

Family

Married Dr Angela Scholar (née Sweet) 1964

3 sons: Tom b. 1968, Richard b. 1973, John b. 1980

I daughter deceased: Jane 1976-77