Roles and subjects

Honorary Fellow

Tom Ilube CBE is a Non Executive Director of FTSE100 company WPP plc, the world’s largest advertising group, and has founded several tech companies.

Tom is also Chair of the King’s Trust UK and was Chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) from 2021-2024. Previously he was on the Board of the BBC. Tom is an Honorary Fellow of both Jesus College, Oxford and St Anne’s College, Oxford.  Tom has been involved in launching and leading a number of schools. He is Chair of the British education charity, the African Gifted Foundation, and launched the African Science Academy (ASA).  He was the Founding Chair of Hammersmith Academy and the Chair of ADA College, the UK’s National College for Digital Skills amongst others. In 2017 Tom was named Britain’s most influential Black person. He was appointed a CBE in 2018 for services to Technology and Philanthropy and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by several universities.

Tom became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College in 2020.