Phillips, (Mark) Trevor (1953- )

UK broadcaster, Labour Party politician, and chair of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) from 2003. He has combined a media career with political campaigning on equality issues and voluntary work. He was elected to the Greater London Authority in 2000, serving as chair until resigning in 2003 to take up his appointment at the CRE.

He is active in the voluntary sector and is a commissioner of several charities. He is also a director of Pepper Productions, which has produced television programmes on racial themes, such as Windrush, Britain's Slave Trade and When Black Became Beautiful. He was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 1999.

He was born in London and attended secondary school in Guyana before studying chemistry at Imperial College, London. From 1978 to 1980 he was the first black president of the National Union of Students (NUS). He started his broadcasting career at London Weekend Television (LWT) as a researcher before being promoted to head of current affairs. From 1987 to 2000 he produced and presented The London Programme. During that time he also served as chair of the Runnymede Trust 1993-98.