He is a mentor to young professionals across a range of sectors. Lord Mendoza is an advocate of building and supporting talent, creativity and enterprise through high quality educational, cultural and heritage engagement.

He co-founded Forward Publishing in the late 1980s, now a part of WPP plc. He joined the Board of MeiraGTx, a US-based gene therapy company, in 2015. He was formerly Chair of Children and the Arts, Vice Chair of Soho Theatre, and Chair of The Landmark Trust (2011-2021). Prior to joining Oriel College, Neil led the year-long Mendoza Review of Museums in England on behalf of DCMS (2016-17). He is Chair of The Illuminated River Foundation, Chair of Civic Future and on the board of the Ashmolean Museum. Prior to that, he served four years as a non-executive director at DCMS. Lord Mendoza was previously the government’s Commissioner for Culture and chaired the Culture and Heritage Capital Board at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

He is focused on successfully sustaining Oriel’s 700-year history for the College’s 550 students and 250 academic and support staff. Lord Mendoza was appointed Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, in 2018, following a career building businesses in the creative and finance sectors.

Appointed from 01 September 2023 until 31 August 2027.

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