BA (Hons)
Chief Executive
Peter has a BA (Hons) in Politics, Economics and Law, an Economics & Marketing Post Graduate Masters and holds a Diploma in Public Health and, if he ever finishes his 30,000-word dissertation, he will have a doctorate in Public Health, however he doubt’s he’ll ever have the time.
Peter has held numerous senior roles in both the public and private sector, as a Finance Officer and CEO of a large multi-million kitchen manufacturing retailer.
Alongside this, Peter has held senior public appointments, he was a ministerial appointment to the board of North Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) which managed all primary care in the North Liverpool area. Peter then became Chair of the board and was the first Chair of the joint Liverpool PCT in 2006.
Peter chaired the Alt Valley Partnership Board, which over a 6-year period commissioned over £1bn worth of Objective One funding across the Liverpool City Region.
Peter was appointed to the board of Cobalt Housing in 2007 and was chair for the last 4 years of his tenure which ended in October 2018. Cobalt Housing owns 6,000 units with a turnover of £30m and with a surplus of circa £6m each year. In 2016, Peter also led the Cobalt Housing demerger from 41,000 home Symphony Housing Group.
Peter Founded Knowsley FoodBank in 2011 as an anti poverty charity, over the years it has grown to a multi layered organisation with over 150 staff with a gross turnover of circa 9 million pounds. At its peak it had over 40 units under its control.