David Isaac
David Isaac CBE | |
|---|---|
| Provost of Worcester College, Oxford | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Professor Kate Tunstall |
| Chair of the Court of Governors of University of the Arts London | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Chair of the Henry Moore Foundation | |
| Assumed office December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Nigel Carrington |
| Member of the House of Lords-Designate | |
| Life peerage TBD | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge Wolfson College, Oxford |
| Awards | Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
David Isaac, CBE is a British solicitor and Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, where he took office in July 2021.[1] He chairs the Court of Governors of University of the Arts London (2018–present)[2] and the Henry Moore Foundation (2024–present).[3] He is also a trustee of Cumberland Lodge.[4]
Isaac was a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons. He chaired the LGBTQ rights charity Stonewall from 2003 to 2012[5] and chaired the contemporary art gallery Modern Art Oxford for almost two decades.[3] He was also a director of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (2005–2014), the Big Lottery Fund (2014–2018)[6] and was a trustee of 14-18 NOW (2016–2019).[7] Isaacs was appointed as the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in 2016,[8] serving in that capacity until August 2020.
Isaac was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to equality and diversity[9] and was ranked 36th in the Financial Times' OUTstanding Top 100 LGBT+ executives in October 2018.[10] He was made an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge in May 2024.[11]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Isaac was born in Wales and attended King Henry VIII Grammar School in Abergavenny. He went on to study law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and socio-legal studies at Wolfson College, Oxford. He attended the College of Law in Guildford to pass the Solicitors Final Examination (1979–80).
Pinsent Masons
[edit | edit source]Isaac was a partner at Pinsent Masons law firm from 2000 to 2021. He was Head of the firm's advanced manufacturing and technology sector from 2014 – 2019 and Chair of the Pinsent Masons' Diversity and Inclusion group.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
[edit | edit source]Isaac was appointed as Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in 2016.[12] He said that the Commission would use its legal powers more,[13] do more for disability rights[14] and make sure that human rights were protected during Brexit.[15] His tenure came to an end in August 2020, and his initial replacement was interim chair Caroline Waters (previously deputy chair).[16][17][18]
In 2021 Isaac claimed that the Equality and Human Rights Commission was "being undermined by political pressure" by the Second Johnson ministry.[19]
Stonewall
[edit | edit source]During his time as chair of Stonewall, the charity lobbied to secure legislative change, such as the abolition of Section 28 and the introduction of Civil Partnerships.[20]
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- Provosts of Worcester College, Oxford
- Alumni of Wolfson College, Oxford
- Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny
- Alumni of the University of Law
- 21st-century British lawyers
- People associated with the University of the Arts London
- British LGBTQ lawyers
- British LGBTQ businesspeople
- Living people
- 21st-century British LGBTQ people