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Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips in Cambridge University Press & Assessment’s office in Cambridge
Personal details
Born
Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips
NationalityBritish
SpouseClare Higgins
Children3
Alma mater
Occupation
Chief Executive
ProfessionBusiness leader, strategist

Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips (born 1 May 1962) is Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a non-teaching department of the University of Cambridge, when it was formed on 1 August 2021.

He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge,[1] a Trustee of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and a Council Member and former President of The Publishers Association.[2][3]

He was previously a trustee of the Nuffield Trust,[4] the Crafts Council, Article 19 and the John Schofield Trust, an adviser to the Royal College of Physicians, Chairman of the Sabre Trust and a director of Parliamentary Broadcasting Limited.

The Bookseller described Phillips as one of the "most influential people in UK publishing”.[5]

Education

Phillips studied Mathematics at

Merton College, University of Oxford, graduating with first class honours. He also holds a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge and graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program
in 2002.

Career

After graduating from the

SG Warburg.[1]

In 1993, he joined the

Macquarie Bank, for £166m.[6] The business was subsequently renamed Red Bee Media
.

In 2006, Phillips moved to

financial crisis of 2007-2008.[17] In 2010, he presented the conclusions of the organisation's 18-month review of early termination charges on landline telephone contracts in the UK. Telephone operators BT, TalkTalk and Virgin Media all reduced their exit charges following the regulator's determination of apparent inconsistencies with the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.[18]

In 2010, Phillips moved to

Publishers Association called on the UK government to make sure the country retained its place as ‘the world’s publisher’ during the UK government's Brexit negotiations with the European Union.[21]

In 2021, he became the inaugural Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, formed when the University of Cambridge merged Cambridge University Press with its worldwide assessment arm University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES, also known as Cambridge Assessment).[22]

At the 2022 Education World Forum Peter Phillips warned of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on students' mental health, urging the gathering of education ministers and leaders to "put wellbeing at the heart of everything we do."[23]

In 2024, Phillips argued for “more attention and investment in Africa’s education systems”, in an article for the World Economic Forum. [24]

References

  1. ^ a b "Peter Phillips | Wolfson College". wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Interview with Peter Phillips | Publishers Association". publishers.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ "UK publishing - an economic powerhouse". bookbrunch.co.uk. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "CV of Peter Phillips | Nuffield Trust". nuffieldtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "The Bookseller 150".
  6. ^ "Corporation sells Broadcast to Australian 'millionaires factory'". theguardian.com. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Ofcom Announce New Chairman Sought for 2009". commsbusiness.co.uk. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Ofcom chairman will quit next Easter". theregister.com. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Britons spend half their waking hours using technology, finds Ofcom". telegraph.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Ofcom report says technology multi-tasking is rising". bbc.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Ofcom report suggests digital revolution could spell the end of advertising as we know it". telegraph.co.uk. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Digital Britain - Final Report". dera.ioe.ac.uk. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Call for debate on children's TV". bbc.co.uk. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Home-grown children's television in peril". theguardian.com. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  15. ^ "The British Film and Television Industries - Communications Committee". parliament.uk. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Ofcom publishes its second consultation into the future of Public Service Broadcasting". ofcom.org.uk. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Ofcom freezes pay to save £1 million". itpro.co.uk. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Ofcom UK Slashes Early Phone and Broadband ISP Contract Cancellation Charges". ipsreview.co.uk. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Cambridge University Press announces new Chief Operating Officer". cambridge.org. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Peter Phillips is new Chief Exec at CUP". inpublishing.co.uk. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  21. ^ "British publishing can still lead the world after Brexit". theguardian.com. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  22. ^ "CUP and Cambridge Assessment complete merger". thebookseller.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Global education in "worst crisis in a century" following pandemic". thepienews.com. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Why the world must look to Africa for education innovation". weforum.org. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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