Neil Mendoza, Baron Mendoza

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The Right Honourable

The Lord Mendoza
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Mendoza in 2020
Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
Assumed office
1 September 2018
Preceded byMoira Wallace
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
15 October 2020
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Neil Francis Jeremy Mendoza

1959 (age 61–62)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Amelia Wallace
Children2
EducationHaberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Alma materOriel College, Oxford

Neil Francis Jeremy Mendoza, Baron Mendoza (born 1959) is a British publisher, philanthropist and member of the House of Lords.[1][2] He has served as the provost of Oriel College, Oxford, since September 2018,[3] as well as the UK Government's Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal since May 2020.[4]

Education[]

Mendoza was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, before going up to read Geography at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating in 1978.[citation needed]

Career[]

After periods in banking and film finance Mendoza co-founded Forward Publishing[5] with William Sieghart in 1986. Forward pioneered the Custom media business in the UK[6] and became one of the leading independent contract publishers. The company specialised in international and multilingual projects with corporate partners including IBM, Tesco and Patek Philippe & Co.[citation needed] Forward was sold to WPP plc in 2001 and is now part of Bookmark Content.

Mendoza was appointed Chairman of the Landmark Trust, a UK historic building preservation charity, in 2011.[7]

He is also currently Chairman of The Illuminated River Foundation, Vice Chair of Soho Theatre and a director of Meira GTx, a gene therapy company with research facilities in New York and London.[citation needed]

Previously, Mendoza was Chairman of The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts, on the board of the Almeida Theatre and the Shakespeare Schools Foundation. He was a judge of the Laurence Olivier Awards for theatre for 2010 and 2011.[citation needed]

In 2016 Mendoza was appointed as a Commissioner of Historic England by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,[8] before being appointed as a DCMS non-executive board member.[9]

In 2017 he published the Mendoza Review of Museums in England for the UK Government.[10] In the same year Mendoza was also the lead reviewer on the Strategic Review of DCMS-sponsored museums conducted under Cabinet Office guidelines.[11][12]

In other roles Mendoza was appointed to the panel of The Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals and the Board of Visitors for the Ashmolean Museum.[citation needed]

Mendoza was appointed the UK Government's Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal in May 2020.[4]

House of Lords[]

In July 2020, it was announced that Mendoza had been nominated for a life peerage by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[13] On 16 September 2020, he was created Baron Mendoza, of King's Reach in the City of London.[14] He sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative Party peer,[15] and made his maiden speech on 10 November 2020.[16]

Personal[]

Mendoza is married to Amelia Wallace.[citation needed] They have two children.

References[]

  1. ^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2015", "Evening Standard", September 2015
  2. ^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2017", "Evening Standard", October 2017
  3. ^ "Neil Mendoza to be Elected as Oriel's Next Provost | Oriel College". Oriel College. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Press release: New Culture Commissioner named and Taskforce set up to aid sector recovery from coronavirus". Gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Forward creating content that pays". Forward Worldwide. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  6. ^ Thackray, Rachelle (22 June 1999). "Me and my partner: William Sieghart and Neil Mendoza". The Independent. UK.
  7. ^ "Lord Neil Mendoza – Chairman". UK: The Landmark Trust. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Culture Secretary appoints new Historic England Commissioners – News stories". Government of the United Kingdom.
  9. ^ "New non-executive board members announced – News stories". Government of the United Kingdom.
  10. ^ "The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Publication of the Mendoza Review of Museums in England and the Strategic Review of DCMS-sponsored museums". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Strategic review of DCMS-sponsored museums". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Oriel College Provost Neil Mendoza to receive life peerage". UK: University of Oxford. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  14. ^ "No. 63117". The London Gazette. 21 September 2020. p. 15966.
  15. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Mendoza". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Spoken contributions of Lord Mendoza". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Moira Wallace 		Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
1 September 2018 – present 		Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton 		Gentlemen
Baron Mendoza 		Followed by
The Lord Moore of Etchingham
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