Peter is an international business man and passionate ‘techie’ who has held board and global senior leadership roles with a number of global companies which include ICI, Shell, Unilever and Rentokil Initial working within the Food Manufacturing, Public Health & Environmental Services and Food Ingredient Sectors.He has worked with virtually every type of food preservation system and high care factory environment and held technical accountability for an impressive portfolio of well-known brands. He is most proud of leading the team that invented and launched the global ice cream Solero and put the chocolate on our Magnum; he has also worked closely with the leading retailers and fast food restaurants. Most recently he chaired the CEN European work stream on competence supporting the creation of a European standard EN16636:2015 for the pest management industry and has successfully secured research grants from the UK Research councils for technological innovation projects for several clients. Profile:A strategic and conceptual thinker who thrives on ensuring operational / functional activities are aligned with overall business strategy.A process thinker who re-engineers business processes by creating high performance teams across organisational and geographic boundaries to achieve new levels of business performance.As a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and technological networker, Peter's passion is to find ways of stimulating international cooperation resulting in not only the identification and application of breakthrough technology but also the creation and rapid commercialisation, deployment and exploitation of outputs across the globe.