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.