Charles Harold Stuart Low, 2nd Baron Aldington (born 22 June 1948) is a British peer, the son of Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington

Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington

Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, KCMG, CBE, DSO, TD, DL, PC , was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.-Life:...

. He succeeded to the Barony on 7 December 2000.

Life

Lord Aldington, formerly Charles Low, is a Senior Advisor at Deutsche Bank London. From 2002-2009 he was Chairman of Deutsche Bank London and Chairman of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity.

Charles Aldington joined Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

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 in 1986 and worked in Germany before joining the management of Deutsche Bank's London business in 1988. In 1997 he moved into a Corporate Finance role.

He is Chairman of Stramongate Ltd, Deputy Chairman of the Royal Academy Trust, a Trustee of the Institute for Philanthropy, Vice President of the National Churches Trust

National Churches Trust

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, a member of Oxford University's Court of Benefactors and of the Business Advisory Council to the Said Business School, Chair of the New College Development Committee, and a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation.

He was educated at Winchester College

Winchester College

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, New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

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 (where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and INSEAD

INSEAD

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. His early career was with Citibank

Citibank

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 and Grindlays Bank

Grindlays Bank

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in New York, Hong Kong, Düsseldorf and London.

Charles Aldington is married to Dr Regine von Csongrady-Schopf, an art historian, and they have three teenaged children.