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1954
Born in Washington DC United States
1973
Scott Mead attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated in 1973.
1977
continued his education at Harvard College, where he earned a BA cum laude in the subjects of American History and Literature. Scott Mead was the one chosen from the graduating class at Harvard to be allowed to study and live in John Harvard's own rooms. While there, he engaged in varsity lacrosse and squash and was a national champion three times. He also worked with the university's literature and arts magazine, The Harvard Advocate and extensively studied visual arts and art history. In visual studies he took a minor and had the opportunity to work closely with his photography mentor, William Eggleston. Eggleston happened to be a professor at the time and Scott Mead was one of the privileged students who worked with him and received his one on one feedback and critique of his photographs.
1979
In 1979 Scott Mead went on to study at Emmanuel College at Cambridge, where he was the Harvard scholar. He was involved in the Cambridge Union Society for politics and foreign affairs and spent time in Africa studying and researching.
As a visiting student at the Harvard Law School, Scott Mead focused on international law from 1981-1982, during which time he held legal positions in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York. 1982
in 1982, Scott Mead obtained a Juris Doctor through the University of Pennsylvania Law School and began his first professional position at the First Boston Corporation. His work in the mergers and acquisitions department and corporate finance included developing the only foreign currency bond offerings listed in the US, as well as work with the Japanese and Chinese markets.
1986
Scott Mead switched jobs in 1986 and went to work for Goldman Sachs in New York as a partner and managing director. In the course of his work he was responsible for multi-billion dollar international investment deals, including merchant banking and principal investment packages that involved identifying and bringing to execution portfolio companies. He held leadership roles on multiple committees and was the chairman of global telecommunications, media technology and led the European privatizations. During this time he also took part in the extremely complex mergers in the company, which included the Vodafone acquisition of Mannesmann. In order to build a European business sector for Goldman Sachs, Scott Mead moved to London in 1987.
1996
As a way to privately fund education, the arts and medical research, Scott Mead founded the Mead Foundation in 1996 and currently fills the position of chairman.
2002
Since 2002, Scott Mead has also been a member of the advisory board and has chaired the Board Strategy Working Group at the Judge Business School in Cambridge. He has also been a charter trustee at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts since that time, as well as working with the Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he is a vice chairman on the Great Ormond Street Hospital's Redevelopment Board
2003
From 2003 Scott Mead has been a member of Cambridge University's 800th Campaign as well as a founder and investor in the Notting Hill Preparatory School in London.
2004
In 2004 Scott Mead was on the Harvard University Task Force relating to university finance, a position he held for four years. In the same year he was also a member of the Board of Visitors at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He joined the Global Advisory Council, WTA Tour in 2004 and remains a member of that organization that governs women’s tennis.
2006
In London, Scott Mead has been a member of the Tate Foundation's Executive Committee since 2006. The foundation oversees the four Tate museums in the UK. In addition, he joined Apax Partners and was the senior advisor and chairman of the Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board for two years.
2008
2008 marked the creation of the Scott Mead '77 Family Head Coach program to aid the tennis team at Harvard. He was also involved in creating an FSA registered financial services company in 2008 and in London he held a role as Chairman of the Trustees, Queen's Club until 2010. A solo exhibition of Scott Mead's photographs was held in 2010 with the profits from sales going to the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
2009
Scott Mead becomes a founding partner at Richmond Park Partners, registered financial services advisory firm
2011
Two of Scott Mead's photographs were chosen for inclusion in the prestigious Royal Academy's summer exhibition in 2011.
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