Peter brings a wealth of experience to our board as Chair of AIA Australia Limited and Director of Linfox Australia Pty Ltd and Mutual Trust Pty Ltd. He also servs as Chair of the Royal Institution of Australia, the Australian Science Media Centre, the Faculty of Business and Economics at Melbourne University, the Shared Value Project, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication at UNSW and member of the Advisory Board of the AALD. 

Peter was CEO of Oceania Capital Partners and held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited from 2001-2004.  He worked in the Investment Banking industry including 15 years with Macquarie Bank where he helped establish the Japan desk.  He began his career in the Tokyo Office of Booz, Allen and Hamilton.  He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Murdoch University, a Masters from Stanford University and a Commerce degree from Melbourne University.  He speaks Japanese, having studied at Keio University in Tokyo and Yamate High School in Yokohama. 

Peter was Chair of the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Deputy Chairman of The Myer Family Investments and Asialink, and a Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Crown Ltd, Foxtel Ltd, The Nine Network, the National Portrait Gallery, The Centre for Independent Studies and the Australia-Japan Foundation. 

In the June 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Peter was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and the AICD. In   2019 was awarded the Australian Academy of Science Medal.