Education
Rutnam was educated at Dulwich College, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Harvard University.
civil servant Permanent Secretary
Rutnam was educated at Dulwich College, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Harvard University.
He worked for Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong before joining the British Civil Service where he held posts at the Treasury and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Rutnam became Permanent Secretary at the in April 2012. As of 2015, Rutnam was paid a salary of between £170,000 and £174,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.
He was also a member of the Board at Ofcom.