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Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton

The Right Honourable
The Lord Deighton
KBE
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Deighton speaking at the Moët Hennessy Financial Times Club dinner in London, 2011
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
3 January 2013 – 14 May 2015
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister David Cameron
Chancellor George Osborne
Preceded by The Lord Sassoon
Succeeded by The Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Personal details
Born (1956-01-18) 18 January 1956 (age 61)
Carshalton, Surrey, UK
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge

Paul Clive Deighton, Baron Deighton,KBE (born 18 January 1956) is a British Conservative politician who served as Commercial Secretary to HM Treasury from January 2013 to May 2015. Deighton is a former investment banker who previously served as Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the organisation responsible for planning the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Deighton was born in Carshalton, Surrey on 18 January 1956. He was educated at Wallington County Grammar School before going on to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He is married and has two adult sons.

Deighton began his career at Bank of America and moved on to Security Pacific National Bank, where he specialised in corporate banking. In 1983, he joined investment bank Goldman Sachs, initially based in London. He spent two years at their New York office from 1994, where he was joint Head of Controllers. In 1996 he returned to London, where he was promoted to Head of European Operations and became a partner in the firm. In 2000 he became their Chief Operating Officer for Europe.


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