Non-Executive Chairman

Peter Daresbury

Peter joined The Greenalls Group plc in 1977 and became CEO in 1993, building the Company to an annual turnover of £983 million and a FTSE market capitalisation of £1.7 billion, and taking it into the FTSE 100. Currently Peter is also Chairman of Auriant Mining. Previous Board roles have included Chairman of Nasstar plc, a cloud computing service provider, Chairman of Stellar Diamonds. He was also Chairman of Aintree Racecourse for 25 years.

Peter was a successful amateur jockey riding over 270 winners and was twice Champion National Hunt Amateur Jockey. He rode in the Grand National in 1975. He has an MA in history from Cambridge University and a Sloan Fellowship from London Business School.