Neil Mendoza
Encyclopedia
Education
Mendoza was educated at Haberdashers' Aske'sHaberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British independent school for boys aged 4–19. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group....
and Oriel College, Oxford.
Career
In 1986 he founded Forward Publishing with William SieghartWilliam Sieghart
William Sieghart is a British philanthropist, entrepreneur, publisher and the founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry.- Education and Career :Born in 1960, William Sieghart was educated at Eton and St Anne's College, Oxford...
. Forward pioneered the Custom media
Custom media
Custom media is a marketing term referring broadly to the development, production and delivery of media designed to strengthen the relationship between the sponsor of the medium and the medium's audience...
business in the UK. It became one of the leading independent contract publishers. Forward published magazines, children’s books and poetry books. Forward specialised in international and multilingual publishing with corporate partners including IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
and Patek Philippe & Co.
Patek Philippe & Co.
Patek Philippe & Co. is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer located in Geneva and the Vallée de Joux.-History:Polish watchmaker Antoni Patek started making pocket watches in 1839 in Geneva, along with his fellow Polish migrant Franciszek Czapek. They separated in 1844, and in 1845 Patek joined with...
Forward was sold to WPP plc in 2001.
Mendoza has been involved in banking, film finance and theatre. He put together an investor group which bought Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies and in later...
in 2000. Hammer was sold to a consortium led by John de Mol in 2007.
He is Chairman of Victoria Private Investment Office, a wealth management company.
Mendoza bought in to the new Pencil Agency in 2010. Pencil is run by the creative genius, Jenny Dyson, of Rubbish (magazine)
Rubbish (magazine)
RUBBISH magazine is a limited edition hardback fashion magazine that aims to take a more lighthearted and sometimes satirical look at the world of fashion. Something not generally explored by other fashion magazines...
.
Other roles
In November 2011 Mendoza was appointed as Chairman of The Landmark TrustLandmark Trust
The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental...
, a leading UK building preservation charity.
Mendoza was on the board at The Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
. He has been on the board of The Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret....
since 2007. He is a trustee of the Shakespeare Schools Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival
The Shakespeare Schools Festival charity is the UK’s largest youth drama festival, enabling four schools a night to perform a half hour abridged versions of Shakespeare's plays in local, professional theatres all over the United Kingdom...
. He was a judge of the Laurence Olivier Awards for theatre for 2010 and 2011.
Mendoza was an active campaigner to keep the UK from adopting the Euro. He was on the steering committee member of the No Campaign and New Europe.