Peter Shawyer Bio

Peter is the chairman of Ingenious. He joined Touche Ross & Co (later Deloitte) in 1972, where he qualified as a chartered accountant and became a partner in 1982. During his 32 year career at the firm, Peter held numerous senior leadership positions, being the partner in charge of the London office, managing partner and European tax leader. Peter also served on Deloitte’s UK, European and Central European boards and represented the firm on the boards of Liberata and Walbrook International where he was chairman until a management buyout in late 2003. Peter has also held senior roles across the banking sector. He was on both the board and audit and risk committee of HSBC Bank and was the chair of HSBC Jersey. He was a non-executive director at M&S Bank and HSBC France. Peter is chairman of a number of companies financed through private equity.