Peter has been Chief Executive of Mutuo since 2001, which he founded as the first cross mutual sector body to promote mutual governance to opinion formers and decision makers.

Peter has fifteen years’ experience in the mutual sector, working with co-operatives, mutuals and employee owned businesses.

In 1999, he was a co-founder and secretary of Supporters Direct, the football supporters’ initiative, which has gone on to establish over 100 supporters’ trusts at professional football clubs.

In 2002 and 2003, he led the Parliamentary team which piloted three Private Members Bills through Parliament, updating Mutual Society law and encouraging democratic employee ownership. In 2007, he added the Building Societies (Funding) and Mutuals Societies (Transfers) Act to this tally.

Since 2004, he has worked closely on a number of public sector structural reforms, including NHS Foundation Trusts, advising both Government and Trust Boards on the adoption of new membership structures.

He recently led the Mutuo teams in major constitutional and governance reviews by the Co-operative Group and Nominet.

Email p.hunt@mutuo.co.uk

For the last ten years, Matthew has worked as a public affairs specialist. He provides advice and support to mutual sector trade associations and works with Government to seek to influence the public policy agenda to expand the mutual sector.

He is Secretary to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Building Societies and Financial Mutuals.

He has project managed three All Party Parliamentary inquiries:

• Building societies and Financial Mutuals Inquiry (2005)
• Windfalls or shortfalls: the true cost of demutualisation (2006)
• Fair Shares: The contribution of employee owned business in the UK (2008)

Matthew also provided research and logistical support to the Co-operative Group constitutional review in 2007.

Email m.ball@mutuo.co.uk

Mark began his career working for a Non-Departmental Public Body before working in Westminster for four years as Parliamentary Researcher to Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP, including when she served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in the last Government. During this time he gained extensive Parliamentary and government affairs experience across a wide range of policy areas.  He joined Mutuo in June 2010.

Email m.willetts@mutuo.co.uk