Partner
Tom Shinner
PARTNER AND COO, Entrepreneurs First
- Firm
- Entrepreneurs First
- Title
- PARTNER AND COO
- Role
- Partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 4 October 2026
About
Tom is COO of Entrepreneurs First, which he joined in September 2019. Tom joined EF from the UK Civil Service, having served on the main board of two departments - as Director of Strategy at the Department for Education, and for the last three years as the director at DExEU coordinating the UK Government's domestic policy and technical implementation of Brexit. Tom founded a school in South London and now is the Chair of Trustees. He sits on the board of Unlocked Graduates. Tom started his career at McKinsey & Co., serving in the London and Middle East offices. He studied at the University of Oxford, where he was shortlisted for the All Souls prize fellowship.
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