Sir Trevor Phillips

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  • Conference Speakers£10k to £25k
  • Diversity, Social Responsibility, The Political Landscape, Transformational Leadership

In a varied career Trevor has led the council that oversees the John Lewis Partnership, served as Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and now leads a data analytics company. He is also an acclaimed writer, documentary-maker and broadcaster. He covers the intersection of business and society by way of diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and what data reveals about attitudes, behaviours, and how to address some of the biggest questions of the day.


Biography

Trevor Phillips is perhaps best known as the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and formerly the head of the Commission for Racial Equality, having previously worked as a factual TV producer and presenter. He has served as President of John Lewis Partnership Council, chairs a recruitment company, and leads a data analytics business. While Sophy Ridge was on maternity leave he covered the Sunday morning programme on Sky News, rebranded as Trevor Phillips on Sunday, and took over the show full time when she announced she was moving to a weekday political show.

A student activist in his home city of London, Trevor became the first black president of the National Union of Students. He then went to work in LWT’s current affairs department where he became a producer and presenter. He was a reporter on This Week and rose to become LWT’s head of current affairs.

Trevor served as chair of the Runnymede Trust, a think-tank promoting ethnic equality, as well as on the boards of a number of charities and commissions. He was a Greater London Assembly member before leaving to join the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE). When the CRE was dissolved, Trevor headed its broader successor the EHRC. A defiant campaigner for equality and human rights, he led the organisation through a politically and publicly sensitive period.

Shortly after completing his second term at the head of the Commission, Trevor was appointed President of John Lewis Partnership Council. The Council is the elected body representing all John Lewis employees in its famous partnership structure whereby all staff have a stake in the flagship retailer’s business.

Trevor has co-founded a consultancy working with business and not-for-profit leaders who want to serve citizens, consumers, and colleagues better. He has also returned to broadcasting, fronting programmes on race and society. He remains an occasionally controversial commentator on diversity and immigration and has written books on the Windrush generation and Britain’s slave trade.

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Book written by Sir Trevor Phillips OBE
Book written by Sir Trevor Phillips OBE
Book written by Sir Trevor Phillips OBE

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