Review Panel – members
Trevor Phillips (Chair)
Educated in the Caribbean and England, Trevor continued his studies at
Imperial College, London and became President of the National Union of
Students in 1978. After university, he started work in TV, initially as a
researcher with London Weekend Television and rising to Head of Current
Affairs. Trevor has been Chair of the Runnymede Trust and is a trustee of
several leading charities working to serve ethnic minority communities. He
was Chair of the London Assembly from May 2000 to February 2003 and has
been Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality. Trevor was appointed
as the first Chair of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights
in September 2006.
Sir Robert Kerslake
Sir Robert Kerslake has been Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council
since 1997. Previous posts include Director of Finance and then Chief
Executive with the London Borough of Hounslow, as well as posts at the
Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority. Sir Robert
plays an active role in several organisations benefiting the local
community and the region, including as co-Chair of the Safer Sheffield
Steering Group and Sheffield Partnership for Health and is a member of the
South Yorkshire Partnership.
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE was born and educated in New Zealand. She has
taught law at Otago University, Southampton University and Kings College
London and worked in private practice at firms including Wilde Sapte and
Clifford Chance where she was Special Adviser to the chairmen from 2002 –
2003. Between 1986 and 2004, Judith was closely involved in the running of
the City of London serving as a member of the Court of Common Council and
chairing its Policy and Resources Committee from 1996 - 2003. She was
Vice Chair of the London Development Agency until July 2004. Judith's
current appointments include Chairman of the Royal Opera House. She is an
adviser on global diversity to Merrill Lynch.
