December 31, 1953
Trevor Phillips OBE (born 31 December 1953) is a British broadcaster, politician, and civil servant. He was born in London to Guyanan parents and was elected President of the National Union of Students from 1978 to 1980. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked as a television journalist in London. He was elected to the London Assembly in 2000 and was its Chair, but stood down in 2003 when appointed to chair the Commission for Racial Equality. In 2006 he was named as Chair of the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, the new 'single equality body'.
