Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips
Peter Phillips | |
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| Born | Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Higgins |
| Children | 3 |
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| Occupation | Chief Executive |
| Profession | Business leader, strategist |
Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips (born May 1, 1962) is a British business leader and strategist. He became 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[1], Cambridge, a Trustee of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and a Council Member and former President of The Publishers Association.[2]
He has previously been a trustee of the Nuffield Trust[3] , 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.
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 University of Oxford, Phillips joined the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company, where he spent seven years, before moving on to corporate finance at investment bank SG Warburg.[4]
In 1993, he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as Head of Corporate Planning and became Finance Director of BBC News in 1997, before being appointed as BBC News' Chief Operating Officer in 2001. In 2005, he became the BBC's Director of Business Development, and was responsible for the sale of BBC Broadcast which became Red Bee Media.
In 2006, Phillips moved to Ofcom, the UK's media and communications regulator, where he was a member of the Board.[5] As Partner, Strategy & Market Developments, he was responsible for its approach to reshaping regulation in the light of digital developments, and led its work on the future of public service broadcasting, high-speed broadband, and illegal internet file sharing.
In 2010, Phillips moved to Cambridge University Press, the world's oldest media organisation, as Chief Operating Officer.[6] He was appointed as the Press's Chief Executive in 2012.[7]
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).[8]
References
- ↑ "Peter Phillips | Wolfson College". wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Interview with Peter Phillips | Publishers Association". publishers.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "CV of Peter Phillips | Nuffield Trust". nuffieldtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Peter Phillips | Wolfson College". wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Ofcom Announce New Chairman Sought for 2009". commsbusiness.co.uk. June 25, 2008. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Cambridge University Press announces new Chief Operating Officer". cambridge.org. June 23, 2010. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Peter Phillips is new Chief Exec at CUP". inpublishing.co.uk. May 22, 2012. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "CUP and Cambridge Assessment complete merger". thebookseller.com. August 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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