Career
PETER BURTON
BSc, MSc, C.Eng, MIET, MBCS, F.InstD, FRSA.
Business and Public Service
Peter Burton, Statec Coaching and Consulting, The Old School, Sandridgebury,
St Albans, AL3 6JB, England
Tel +44 (0) 1727 869300
Fax +44 (0) 1727 869400
Email: pburton@statec.co.uk
Mobile +44 (0) 7802 425 065
As manager and consultant, Peter Burton has worked at top level both in business and in the public sector, where he has experience of policy-making roles in central and local government, and in education. He now practises as a management consultant and executive coach, and heads a firm specialising in personal and organisational effectiveness. He 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.
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 continuing education included gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching (2006), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching Psychology (2008).
His past public service includes over 20 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 (now University of Bedfordshire).
Personal Details
Nationality: British
Education: Pinner Grammar School
University College London
Birkbeck College London
Harvard Business School (Owner-President Mgt Program)
Portsmouth Business School
Leeds Metropolitan University
Family: Married - six adult children and step-children,
Qualifications and Affiliations
BSc (Physics)
MSc (Organisational Behaviour)
PG Cert Coaching and Development
PG Dip Coaching Psychology
Chartered Engineer
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Member of the British Computer Society
Fellow of the Institute of Directors
Member, Richmond Group
Affiliate of the Association of Business Psychologists
Associate Member, Association for Coaching
Associate Member, European Mentoring and Coaching Council
Directorships
2000 - present
Director and Consultant, St Albans Technology Ltd, trading as Statec Consulting
2000 - present
Chairman, Setstone plc, former dot.com company under reconstruction
2001 - 2004
Director Global Radio News Ltd, startup web-based news provider to radio stations and mobile phone operators
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
(data communications)
1970 - 1988
Chief Executive and founder, CASE Group plc
(data communications)
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 (now Bedfordshire) 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
Publications
"Antecedents and Consequences of Corporate Governance Structures", Corporate Governance International Review, Volume 8 Number 3, July 2000
Memberships
Worshipful Company of Management Consultants
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Reform Club
Leisure activities
Small boat sailing
Writing fiction
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PB Nov 2008