Curriculum Vitae

PETER BURTON
BSc, MSc, C.Eng, MIEE, MBCS, FRSA, F.InstD.
Peter Burton, Statec Consulting, 4 Romeland Hill, St Albans, AL3 4ET, England

Tel: +44 (0) 1727 869 300
Fax: +44 (0) 1727 869 400
Email: pburton@statec.co.uk
Mobile: +44 (0) 7802 425 065

Peter Burton has practised as a management consultant for the past seven years and currently heads a small firm specialising in organisational effectiveness. He previously had over 25 years experience in full-time general management, during which time he founded two companies and took both public, being instrumental in making and integrating several major acquisitions. He has served as chairman or non-executive director in a number of public and private companies, including the Costain Group plc.

To prepare for his entry into consulting, he completed the Harvard Business School OPM executive program (Unit IV) in 1994 and gained a masters degree in Organisational Behaviour from London University in 1995. His masters' dissertation investigated the influencing tactics of non-executive directors.

His past public service includes 16 years as founder-director of a not-for-profit local enterprise agency, 12 years as a district councillor and three years as chairman of governors of a comprehensive school. He has also served as a governor of the University of Luton.

Personal Details

Nationality:
British

Education:
Pinner Grammar School
University College London
Birkbeck College London
Harvard Business School (Owner-President Mngt Program)

Family:
Married - six adult children and step-children

BSc (Physics)
MSc (Organisational Behaviour)
Chartered Engineer
Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Member of the British Computer Society
Fellow of the Institute of Directors

Business Experience

2000 - present
Director and Consultant, St Albans Technology Ltd, trading as Statec Consulting

2001 - present
Chairman Global Radio News Ltd, startup web-based news provider to radio stations and mobile phone operators

1999 - present
Chairman, Setstone plc (AIM-quoted) reorganised former dot.com company

1997 - 2001
Chairman, Kingsmead Holdings Ltd (startup housebuilder)

1996 - 2001
Non-Executive Director, Costain Group plc (Chairman of Audit and Remuneration Committees)

1994 - 2000
Director and Consultant, AGC Consultants Ltd

1982 - 2000
Non-Executive Director, Foreign & Colonial Enterprise Trust plc. (£300m fund specialising mainly in funding buyouts and development capital).

1989 - 1992
Chairman, R&V Information Systems BV (Dutch; computer software)

1980 - 1995
Chairman and founder, Chiltern Radio plc
(commercial radio broadcasting)

1989 - 1994
Chairman, Alfa Systems Ltd
(startup, data communications)

1970 - 1988
Chief Executive and founder, CASE Group plc
(data communications)

1963 - 1970
IBM (UK) Ltd, Rose to Branch Manager
(mainframe sales and systems engineering)

1959 - 1963
Head of Electronics, English Electric Guided Weapons (predecessor of British Aerospace)

Public/Voluntary Service

1986 - present
Founder director, St Albans Enterprise Agency

1971 - present
Member, Real Time Club
(IT and telecomms lobbying and advisory group)

1996 - 1999
Member of the Board of Governors, Luton University
(Member of Human Resources and Audit Committees)

1982 - 1999
Elected member, St Albans District Council, total 12 years

1990 - 1994
Chairman of Governors, Bushey Hall School, Watford

1988 - 1991
Member, National Economic Development Office Finance and Industry Committee

1983 - 1984
Member, Confederation of British Industry
Local Government Committee

1983
Parliamentary candidate, Watford Constituency

"Antecedents and Consequences of Corporate Governance Structures" , Corporate Governance International Review , Volume 8 Number 3, July 2000

Memberships

Worshipful Company of Management Consultants

Reform Club

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Leisure activities

Small boat sailing
Writing fiction

PB 28 May 2004