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Peter is Chief Executive of the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), the UK’s leading HealthTech Trade Association, with 400 members operating across medical devices, diagnostics and digital health. Working at both national and regional levels with senior government and the NHS, ABHI is focused on ensuring that policies and practices support the growth of our members and industry, thus enabling access to effective and life-changing technologies for patients.

Peter represents our industry on several formal government bodies and committees. This includes the Secretary of State led Life Sciences Council, the sector specific Health Technology Partnership which supports it, and a number of the expert groups that feed into the delivery of the Life Sciences Vision. He is the leading voice for our industry on the Advisory Group for the Innovation System Programme, overseen by Roland Sinker on behalf of NHS England, and also serves as a workstream Chair. In addition, he is a Board member of the Accelerated Access Collaborative, led by Lord Ara Darzi, and he also advises the Department of Health and Social Care's MedTech Strategy Programme Board. As a newly appointed Board member for the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCAR), Peter is seeking to develop a productive relationship for our industry with the wider science and research community.

At a regional level, Peter has a long history of involvement, beginning with the inception of the Academic Health Science Networks and continuing through their evolution into Health Innovation Networks. He has held Board-level roles with Manchester and South London, and since 2018, he has served as a Board Director at Oxford & Thames Valley, where his leadership culminated in his appointment as Chair in 2024. Additionally, Peter leads ABHI’s partnership agreement with the Shelford Group, a collaboration of ten major research and teaching hospitals in England, designed to strengthen NHS-industry relationships and accelerate research and innovation.

He is a Board Member of MedTech Europe and Chairs its UK Working Group, which focuses on developing support for the harmonisation of critical policy matters for our industry, such as regulation, sustainability, and data. He also leads ABHI’s engagement with AdvaMed, through a joint memorandum of understanding, and the Global Medical Technology Alliance.

Peter has an extensive background in business with international companies in the UK and Europe and holds non-executive roles with early stage HealthTech companies. He is a committed champion for ABHI's important work on inclusion, health equity and women’s health.