Peter has over 25 years’ experience in the field of recruitment, assessment and development. He held senior HR leadership roles in organisations in Financial Services and in Media including Global Head of Leadership Development, Performance Management and Talent Management at The Royal Bank of Scotland; Head of HR at National Australia Bank ; Head of HR Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks; and Group HR Director at Scottish Media Group (SMG). He was previously Principal Consultant in HR & Organisation Change at PA Consultants.
He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and received his postgraduate diploma in HR Management from the University of Aston, Birmingham.
Peter has recently undertaken a number of voluntary roles including Lay Member of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), the body which approves all new medicines for the NHS in Scotland, a member of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s Ultra-Orphan Medicines Validation Panel, an Independent Prison Monitor for the Scottish Prison Inspectorate and Mentor to ‘looked after’ children in secondary schools in Glasgow.
Peter was appointed as a Lay Appointment Advisor in April 2020 for a 3 year period. He was then reappointed for a further 3 years.