Education
John Nash was educated at Milton Abbey School, a boarding independent school in the village of Milton Abbas (near Blandford Forum) in Dorset, followed by at the University of Oxford, where he read Law, and obtained an Master of Arts
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John Nash was educated at Milton Abbey School, a boarding independent school in the village of Milton Abbas (near Blandford Forum) in Dorset, followed by at the University of Oxford, where he read Law, and obtained an Master of Arts
Nash was Chair of the British Venture Capital Association (1988-1989) and on the board of the Conservative think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. He is joint chairman of the Governors of Pimlico Academy. Appointed Keeper of the Crypt 2015.
After reading Law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Nash became a barrister before moving into finance.
Nash was Assistant Director of Lazard Brothers and Company Limited (1975–1983) before moving to private equity firm Advent Limited, becoming its managing director in 1986. He is also the former chairman of one of the biggest contractors to the National Health Service, Care United Kingdom. In January 2013 Nash left Sovereign Capital to pursue his political interests.
In January 2013 Lord Nash was appointed as schools minister. He became a life peer as Baron Nash, of Ewelme in the County of Oxfordshire on 21 January 2013.
In April, Labour councillors called for an inquiry after the new Pimlico primary school where Nash was co-chairman of the governors appointed an unqualified teacher as headmistress ahead of its opening in September.
Further criticism followed when she resigned after four weeks in the job. In March 2014, the Conservative minister rejected the council bid for Holborn and Street Pancras building a post-comprehensive school, called a "university training school", but promised only to build them in Cambridge and Birmingham.
