Dr Ian Peters

Ian Peters joined the Institute of Business Ethics as its Director in May 2020.  Before that he was Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (UK and Ireland) from 2009 until December 2019.

Ian’s previous roles have included Head of SME Policy at the Confederation of British Industry, Deputy Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, Director of External Affairs at the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) and a period in public relations for PR agency Burson-Marsteller.

He has held a number of non-executive and public appointments including Chair of the Independent Monitoring Panel of the UK Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board, member of the UK Regulatory Policy Committee and its predecessor, the Better Regulation Task Force, and member of the Court of the University of Lancaster.  He is currently a member of a number of committees and panels concerned with business ethics.

He holds a PhD from Southampton University on the role of small businesses in economic growth and a BA in Geography from the University Lancaster. 

In 2015 Ian was awarded an MBE for services to regulatory reform in the UK.