Edward Troup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edward Troup

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1955

Place of Birth: Reading, England, United Kingdom

Profession: civil servant

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sir John Edward Astley Troup (born 26 January 1955) is a British tax lawyer, and was a civil servant at HM Treasury and then HM Revenue & Customs.
He spent two periods as a tax partner at the law firm Simmons & Simmons, from 1985 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2004, and was a special adviser to Kenneth Clarke as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1995-97. He rejoined HM Treasury in 2004, and became Executive Chair and First Permanent Secretary of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in April 2016.
He retired in December 2017, and was knighted in the 2018 New Year Honours.