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

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