Sir Peter Lampl is acknowledged to be the UK’s leading educational philanthropist, having invested £35 million and devoted the last 16 years to educational philanthropy.

Peter is the founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust which aims to improve social mobility through education.

The Trust has funded over 100 research studies in the areas of social mobility and education but it is primarily a 'do tank'. The Trust has initiated and supported a wide range of projects, from early years, through primary and secondary schooling and access to higher education and the professions. The most promising of these have been carefully evaluated and as appropriate scaled up with Government or private funding. Before establishing the Sutton Trust,

Peter was the founder and chairman of the Sutton Company, a Private Equity firm with offices in New York, London and Munich and became one of the 200 wealthiest people in the UK. He holds Masters degrees from Oxford University and the London Business School.