Peter Leach is the Founder and Chairman of Peter Leach & Partners LLP, a boutique advisory firm set up to support and advise entrepreneurial families.With over 30 years of experience as a business advisor, teacher and facilitator working with family business owners internationally, he is seen as the "founding father" of family business thinking in the UK.Peter has worked with hundreds of business families around the world, specialising in working with multi-generational family businesses on governance issues. Clients appreciate Peter’s determination to help them resolve their issues, his depth and breadth of experience within the field, and his ability to balance commercial issues with family dynamics.Peter is author of Family Businesses: The Essentials, published by Profile Books and has written a number of other books on the subject. He is also frequently quoted in the UK national and international press and lectures at business schools and universities all over the world.Peter holds the post of Adjunct Professor in Family Business at Imperial College London. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the UK Institute for Family Business, and is a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute of the USA, the international body for family business advisers. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having previously been a senior partner at BDO, one of the worlds largest accountancy firms for 25 years.In 2010, Peter was awarded the Family Business Place Red Ribbon Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of Family Business and in 2011 the Richard Beckhard Award from the Family Firm Institute which recognises outstanding contribution to the field of family business practice. Peter was awarded Family Business Advisor of the Year 2013/2014 at the STEP Private Client Awards.

Partner within the firm with specific responsibility for leading the family business initiative. Responsible for the creation of the BDO Centre for Families in Business.