Student Loans Company head Ed Lester will stand down when his contract expires next year in the wake of controversy over his tax arrangements.
Mr Lester was paid through a company in order legally to reduce his liability for tax until ministers intervened in February this year.
The Glasgow-based Student Loans Company said his contract expires at the end of January next year and work had begun to recruit his replacement.
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