Thomas Boyd-Carpenter

Lt Gen The Hon Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter KBE: Was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards between (1979-81). He was Commander of the 24 Infantry Brigade between (1983-84). he was Cheif of Staff of the British Army on the Rhine (1988-89) and his final post was Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel) in the Ministry of Defence. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1993. He retired from the military in 1996. He is chair of the Government's Social Security Advisory Committee [1] and the Rail Regulator [2] He is Chairman of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, Chairman of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Board on Family Law and works as a senior consultant with the management communications company People in Business [3] which works with BP, British Airways, Coca-Cola, Glaxo SmithKline, Manganese Bronz, Manpower, Premier Oil, Unilever and others. He has family connections to Sarah Hogg (head of the prime Minister's Policy unit since 1990).