Peter was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and moved to Devon from Essex with his family at the age of nine, due to his father’s promotion in Barclays Bank. He went to Blundell’s School in Tiverton and then Exeter College.

Peter had an earlier career with three UK Banking Groups in corporate asset finance in Torquay, Bournemouth and finally Southampton. He also had a brief spell managing a performance outdoor clothing store locally, achieving the highest gross sales per square foot of any of their stores UK wide, including London.

In 1998, Peter started his very successful career in commercial property & corporate estates management in Southampton. He then went on to manage some very high profile landmark multi-occupied buildings in the City of London for major investor clients and finally to managing the prestigious luxury retail destination at Knightsbridge, London for a Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Peter holds career qualifications in Health & Safety and Fire Risk management and also has level 7 qualifications in terrorism studies and assets protection & loss prevention through both the University of St Andrews and ASIS. He is a member of ASIS and the Security Institute and was a past certified member of the British Institute of Facilities Management.

Peter is a trustee of YMCA Fairthorne Housing in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and he has considerable experience across all Board level functions, including audit & risk, Health & Safety, operational programme & quality delivery and strategic planning.

The Macmillan Unit at Christchurch is extremely important to Peter, as they looked after his wife Debbie ( a local nurse) with such wonderful care, until she passed away there in March 2018.