Michael Scholar
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Sir Michael Charles Scholar, KCB (born 3 January 1942) is a British civil servant and former President of St John's College, Oxford.[1]
Education
He was educated at
He is the father of Sir Tom Scholar who was Permanent Secretary to the Treasury between 2016 and 2022.[3]
Civil Service career
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He joined
He was
Oxford Master
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He served as President of St John's College, Oxford from 1 August 2001 to 2012. He was also a
He is also a non-executive Director of Legal and General Investment Management (Holdings).
Honours
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In 1996, he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the
He was appointed Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1991 and advanced to KCB in 1999.[2]
Scholar is a keen musician and received the Associateship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists in 1965. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Opera House from 1988-93.[2]
UK Statistics Authority
On 1 April 2008, Sir Michael became the 3 day-a-week non-executive chairman of the new UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), through which the National Statistician is accountable to Parliament.[4] The board oversees the Office for National Statistics, following the "independence" which it obtained from ministers in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. It also has a duty to assess all UK government statistics from other departments.
Following
Family
Scholar's eldest son, Sir Thomas Whinfield Scholar (GCB), is a civil servant who was appointed Chief of Staff at 10 Downing Street when Gordon Brown became prime minister. He has since returned to HM Treasury as a managing director and is the government's representative on the board of Northern Rock following its nationalization.
Two younger sons are Richard and John, the latter being a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Reading and worked at the Treasury. [7]
External links
- St John's College, Oxford
- Cardiff University
- University of Oxford Annual Review 2000-01
- Oxford University Gazette 16 March 2000
References
- ^ a b "Sir Michael Scholar".
- ^ a b c d e f "CV of Sir Michael Scholar". parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- TheGuardian.com. 8 September 2022.
- TheGuardian.com. 22 November 2011.
- ^ "Whitehall veteran in frame for statistics chief post", Financial Times, 18 July 2007.
- ^ "Andrew Dilnot takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority". UK Statistics Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Dr John Scholar - the Department of English Literature". www.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2023.