Trevor Phillips

Sir Trevor Phillips
Phillips in 2010
Chair of the London Assembly
In office
May 2002 – February 2003
Preceded bySally Hamwee
Succeeded bySally Hamwee
In office
4 May 2000 – May 2001
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySally Hamwee
Member of the London Assembly
as the 1st Additional Member
In office
4 May 2000 – February 2003
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byDiana Johnson
Personal details
Born
Mark Trevor Phillips

(1953-12-31) 31 December 1953 (age 70)
Islington, London, England
Political partyLabour[1]
Spouses
Asha Bhownagary
(m. 1981; div. 2009)
Helen Veale
(m. 2013)
Children2
Alma materImperial 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]

  1. ^ Siddique, Haroon (6 July 2021). "Labour lifts Trevor Phillips' suspension for alleged Islamophobia". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ John Lewis PLC and Tacit Knowledge. "John Lewis Partnership – Appointment of Partnership Council President" (Press release).