Independent Lay Trustee, appointed June 2020

After qualifying as a solicitor, Tom studied for a postgraduate law degree at the University of Cambridge before joining Slaughter and May and two subsequent law firms. He was until recently a partner in the London office of an international law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he served as co-chair of the firm's Global Finance practice group. Tom is also the Chancellor of the Order of St John and a trustee of Foothold (The Institution of Engineering and Technology Benevolent Fund).