Sent to boarding school in the U.K., he got a degree in business from City of London College, then studied business administration in Geneva.

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Lord Sutherland - formerly Stewart Sutherland - is a former chief inspector of schools and is currently provost at Gresham College in the City of London and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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