Early Life
Hutton began his education in Scotland. His father had worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (Royal Arsenal) in Woolwich. He went to Bishopton Primary School in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, then Paisley Grammar School when he was eight. His father moved to Bromley, then in Kent, and he went to Southborough Lane County Primary School in Petts Wood.
Hutton studied at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in Sidcup, where he was introduced to A level economics by a teacher, Garth Pinkney. He only got average marks at O-level, but enjoyed the sixth form more, studying geography, history and economics. He organised the school tennis team. After studying sociology and economics at the University of Bristol gaining a BSocSc (2.1), he started his career as an equity salesman for a stock broker, before leaving to study for a MBA at INSEAD at Fontainebleau near Paris.
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