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 |
| 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. He chairs the Court of Governors of University of the Arts London (2018–present) and the Henry Moore Foundation (2024–present). He is also a trustee of Cumberland Lodge.
Isaac was previously a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons. He was appointed as the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in 2016, serving in that capacity until August 2020. Isaac was chair of the LGBTQ rights charity Stonewall from 2003 to 2012 and chaired the contemporary art gallery Modern Art Oxford for almost two decades. He was also a director of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (2005–2014), the Big Lottery Fund (2014–2018) and was a trustee of 14-18 NOW (2016–2019).
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 and was ranked 36th in the Financial Times' OUTstanding Top 100 LGBT+ executives in October 2018. He was made an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge in May 2024.