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Peter has been CEO of Anglian Water Group since 2013. After completing an MSc in Analytical Chemistry at UEA, Peter joined Anglian Water as one of their first graduate management trainees. Since then he has remained in the water business working in America, Europe and Asia.
As a founding member and co-chair of the UK Corporate Leaders Group, he has long been focused on climate change, and is an active supporter of Business in the Community (BiTC), on the positive difference business can make to communities. He currently Chairs BiTC’s East of England Leadership Team and is a Trustee of WaterAid. Peter is a Chartered Scientist, Water and Environmental Manager and Honorary Fellow of the Society of the Environment and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.
“It is such an honour and privilege to receive an honorary degree but I owe it to the amazing and inspirational people who I have worked with for over three decades and to the great start I was given by both the University and Anglian Water.”