Peter Phillips (businessman)

Peter Phillips
Phillips in 2021
Born
Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips

(1962-05-01) May 1, 1962 (age 62)
NationalityBritish
Education
Occupation(s)Business leader, strategist
SpouseClare Higgins
Children3

Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips (born 1 May 1962) is Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a non-teaching department of the University of Cambridge, when it was formed on 1 August 2021.

He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge,[1] a Trustee of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and a Council Member and former President of The Publishers Association.[2][3]

He was previously a trustee of the Nuffield Trust,[4] the Crafts Council, Article 19 and the John Schofield Trust, an adviser to the Royal College of Physicians, Chairman of the Sabre Trust and a director of Parliamentary Broadcasting Limited.

The Bookseller described Phillips as one of the "most influential people in UK publishing”.[5]

  1. ^ "Peter Phillips | Wolfson College". wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Interview with Peter Phillips | Publishers Association". publishers.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ "UK publishing - an economic powerhouse". bookbrunch.co.uk. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "CV of Peter Phillips | Nuffield Trust". nuffieldtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "The Bookseller 150".