Managing Director, HLB Chessboard 

Peter is the founder of HLB Chessboard and has been involved in the accounting and finance industries for 20 years.  As a chartered accountant, Peter has worked for Deloitte and was Principal in charge of Corporate Finance in Queensland at Crowe Horwath.  Peter spent many years in the investment banking industry in Sydney and Brisbane. He has completed many transactions up to $135m in his career from dual track exits, mergers and acquisitions and takeover defences to capital raisings and proposed IPOs.

Peter has a depth of experience in private equity, agribusiness, health and services.  He regularly acts as lead adviser to boards through corporate transactions. Peter sits on the UQDI Advisory Board and is chairman of the UQDI Foundation Board.

Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Member of FINSIA, Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and adjunct fellow of the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute.