Paul Clive Deighton is the former Commercial Secretary-HM Treasury of the United Kingdom. Presently, he holds the position of Non-Executive Chairman of The Economist Newspaper Ltd., Chairman for Hakluyt & Co. Ltd. and Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd. Lord Deighton is also on the board of Block, Inc., Holdingham Group Ltd., Squareup (UK) Ltd. and Squareup Europe Ltd. and Knight Commander at The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

In the past Paul Clive Deighton occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer at The London Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic, Principal at Bank of America Corp. and Principal at Security Pacific National Bank (a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp.) and Chief Operating Officer at Goldman Sachs Group UK Ltd.

He received an undergraduate degree from Trinity College, Cambridge.