Tom hughes hallett biography of barack

Following the takeover of Flemings by Chase Manhattan in 2000, Tom was faced with a dilemma: “I was suddenly confronted by the fact that I probably didn’t have to work again, but I was 47 and full of energy.” A move to a full-time role in the charity sector seemed the ideal solution: “My wife said to me, ‘Why don’t you make the evening job the day job, because you seem to enjoy it a lot more than the day job?’

Although he is clearly driven by his passion for the causes he supports, Tom is also pragmatic and admits that his awareness of the tax incentives for charitable donations has added an extra impetus to his giving.“There was no question that I was to some extent tax driven in my motives.

Particularly with the money that I was getting in bonuses and then the money I got when Chase took us over, the sheer pleasure of being able to direct it myself rather than giving it all to the Chancellor was a motivating factor.”

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