Trevor Phillips

"Trevor Phillips OBE chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and is a former television executive and presenter. He became head of the Commission for Racial Equality in 2003, and on its abolition in 2006 was appointed chair of its successor, the EHRC. The EHRC has the remit of combating discrimination, and promoting equality; it also has the role of promoting and defending human rights."

He is a trustee of the Bernie Grant Centre and of the Ethnic Minorities Foundation. He is on the Council of the Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations.

Affiliations

 * Advisory Board, Rare Recruitment
 * Trustee, Social Mobility Foundation
 * Patron, Runnymede Trust
 * Patron, Creative Skillset
 * Member, British American Project
 * Celebrity Supporter, SANE UK
 * Ambassador, UpRising
 * Policy Advisory Board, Social Market Foundation

Criticism

 * Ludi Simpson and Daniel Dorling, "Complaint to CRE", 2007.