Peter is the principal and director of an advisory business dealing in management, leadership, strategy and governance. He is an experienced non-executive director,
currently chair of Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Water NSW and of the Local Government Boundaries Commission. Other appointments include director of the
Australian Institute of Public Policy and membership of the board of Infrastructure NSW.

He has also held a non-executive director role with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service for the past eight years. The service is a charity and is contracted to NSW Health providing 24/7 “000’ response aeromedical services across the Hunter and Northern NSW regions.

In April 2023 Peter was appointed as Acting Secretary of the NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet to lead the transition and establishment of The Cabinet Office and the new
Premier’s Department, both of which report directly to the Premier. This appointment concluded in August 2023.
In mid 2023 Peter concluded a 6-year tenure with the Independent Planning Commission NSW as a Commissioner, Deputy Chair, and chair of the Commission’s Risk & Compliance committee. Other recent roles include a member of the advisory board of the Office of Projects Victoria for 6 years. Also, the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (Advisory board member) and Webuild Australia (Advisory board member).

Peter was chair of the successful $3.8 billion Prison upgrade program in NSW from 2017 until 2020, including chairing the Clarence Correctional Centre PPP Steering Committee until the facility’s official opening in July 2020.

Duncan Advisory has provided advice to industry to improve the capacity and capability in the civil construction and infrastructure industry. Peter is a previous past board member and Chair of both Austroads and the ARRB group – Australian Road Research Board.

Prior to August 2016 Peter held several senior roles in the public sector, including a five-year term as Chief Executive of Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), a statutory authority
within the broader Transport for NSW portfolio. As Chief executive he chaired the NSW Ministerial Road Freight Industry advisory committee. In 2016 RMS managed $80billion of public infrastructure assets and annual delivery expenditure of $9.7 billion per annum from
both State and Federal programs.

Peter was previously Director General of the Department of Services, Technology and Administration, including responsibility for Public Works, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, Fair Trading, State Procurement and Industrial Relations. Other roles include Deputy Director General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Managing Director of Forests NSW, and Chief Executive of the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust. Prior to the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Peter was the Director of Estate Management for the Olympic Co-ordination Authority. He has undertaken private consulting work in Australia and London, where he worked on engineering projects
for the London Docklands Redevelopment project in 1984 and 1985.

In 2001 Peter was awarded a Centenary Medal for “services to the community”. He was also awarded a Member of the Order of Australia – for “significant service to public
administration, and to conservation and the environment” – in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours. He is a Companion of the Institute of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of
the Institute of Public Administration Australia.