Thomas Hughes-Hallett

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. After facing a retrial that would take another eleven weeks, Hughes-Hallett is quoted as saying that "I just couldn't face going through that again so I left."

Philanthropy Hughes-Hallett became first involved in charities during the 1990s, during which he was first a trustee and later the Chairman of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering, as well as Chairman of the English Churches Housing Group.

In 2000, he left investment banking to do charity work instead. From 2000 to 2012, he served as the Chairman of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Trust. To raise his salary of £90,000, in 2002 he cycled across Vietnam for the Marie Curie Cancer Care to be able to keep him.

Hughes-Hallett serves or has served in leading positions of various charitable organisations. He served as the Executive Chair of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. He is the Chairman of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

In 2013, he became Chairman of Cause4, an organisation that assists charities in their fundraising.

Views on banking and charity Hughes-Hallett has called for more bankers and investors from the City of London to be involved in philanthropy and to donate not only time and talent, but also money. Specifically, he criticised how social investments are portrayed as a charitable activity, but can often lead to unethical practices, especially in the health sector. He called for making greater use of British society in health care.

Marshall Institute In 2015, Hughes-Hallet together with investment banker Sir Paul Marshall established the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics, supported by a £30 million investment by Paul Marshall. The institute's student body is expected to consist of people who have "reached the age of 50, a partner in an international firm, who've decided they've made their money and want to put something back."

Accolades He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to palliative care in her 2012 Birthday Honours. As a result, he is styled Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett. The couple have four children: documentary filmmaker Grace Hughes-Hallett and two sons, and a daughter who died in infancy, Emily.