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Trevor Phillips | |
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![]() Phillips in 2010 | |
Chair of the London Assembly | |
In office May 2002 – February 2003 | |
Preceded by | Sally Hamwee |
Succeeded by | Sally Hamwee |
In office 4 May 2000 – May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Sally Hamwee |
Member of the London Assembly as the 1st Additional Member | |
In office 4 May 2000 – February 2003 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Diana Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Trevor Phillips 31 December 1953 Islington, London, England |
Political party | Labour[1] |
Spouses | Asha Bhownagary
(m. 1981; div. 2009)Helen Veale (m. 2013) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Sir Mark Trevor Phillips OBE ARCS FIC (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. He presented Trevor Phillips on Sunday, a Sunday morning talk show on Sky News, from 2021 to 2022, and currently presents Sunday Morning on Sky News since 2023.
Phillips was appointed head of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003 and was the chairman of its successor, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), from 2007 to 2012. He has been a television presenter and executive.
After retirement, he continued to chair numerous corporate and social boards. Phillips was the President of the Partnership Council of the John Lewis Partnership from 2015 to 2019 and was the first external appointment for the role since 1928.[2]