Tom Hoffman
Thomas Dieter Dirk Hoffman MBE LLB FCA (born August 1945) was a councilman of the City of London Corporation, where he represented the ward of Vintry.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Hoffman was educated at St. John's College School and The Leys School, Cambridge. He studied law at the University of Exeter. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and had a career in banking until his retirement in 2003.[2]
Offices
[edit]He was elected to the Court of Common Council in 2002. He is a governor of the Museum of London, the Barbican Centre, and the City of London School for Girls (and former chairman). He was a governor of King's College Hospital and, since 2012, has been a governor of Guy's & St. Thomas Hospital. He was a member of the Council of the University of Exeter, governor of Birkbeck College, of which he is an Honorary Fellow, chairman of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, chairman of the board of the London Festival Orchestra, and almoner and governor of Christ's Hospital.[3]
Guilds
[edit]Hoffman is a member of the Court of the Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company, of which he was master in 2006/7. He is honorary treasurer of the Guildhall Historical Association, which published his paper on The Rise & Decline of Guilds in Great Britain and Ireland.[4] He compiled a four-volume Bibliography on the Guilds of Great Britain and Ireland, which is published on the website of Birkbeck College.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tom Hoffman. City of London. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tom Hoffman. City of London. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tom Hoffman. City of London. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tom Hoffman. City of London. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tom Hoffman's Bibliography on The Guilds. Birkbeck College. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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