Neil Mendoza, Baron Mendoza
The Lord Mendoza | |
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Provost of Oriel College, Oxford | |
Assumed office 1 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Moira 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 party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Amelia Wallace |
Children | 2 |
Education | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
Alma mater | Oriel 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[]
- ^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2015", "Evening Standard", September 2015
- ^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2017", "Evening Standard", October 2017
- ^ "Neil Mendoza to be Elected as Oriel's Next Provost | Oriel College". Oriel College. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Forward creating content that pays". Forward Worldwide. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Thackray, Rachelle (22 June 1999). "Me and my partner: William Sieghart and Neil Mendoza". The Independent. UK.
- ^ "Lord Neil Mendoza – Chairman". UK: The Landmark Trust. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Culture Secretary appoints new Historic England Commissioners – News stories". Government of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "New non-executive board members announced – News stories". Government of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Strategic review of DCMS-sponsored museums". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Oriel College Provost Neil Mendoza to receive life peerage". UK: University of Oxford. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "No. 63117". The London Gazette. 21 September 2020. p. 15966.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Mendoza". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Spoken contributions of Lord Mendoza". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
External links[]
- 1959 births
- Living people
- British people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
- People educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
- Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
- British philanthropists
- British businesspeople
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Provosts of Oriel College, Oxford
- Life peers created by Elizabeth II