Peter’s early education was at Friends School in Hobart and then Wesley College in Melbourne .  He joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Cadet Midshipman in 1953, graduating from the Naval College in 1956.  Tertiary education consisted of general naval training and academic education at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England, followed by a three year Engineering Course at the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth.  He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1962.

His shore postings included command of the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay and senior appointments at Navy Office in Canberra including project director for the design and construction of Navy’s inshore minehunter for which he received an Order of Australia.  He was later appointed as Director General of Naval Production, responsible for Navy’s shipbuilding program.  He retired from the navy in 1993 in the rank of Commodore.

His involvement with naval projects during the last fifteen years of his service career fostered a deep interest in the emerging profession of project management.  He formed the ACT chapter of the Project Managers’ Forum and encouraged membership of the Forum within Defence and local industry.  In 1991, after the Forum became the AIPM, he was elected National President for a period of two years and has subsequently taken an active role in the continuing development of the Institute.  He was instrumental in pioneering and co-authoring the National Competency Standards for project management and chaired the Industry Reference Group which sought industry agreement for the content of the standards.

In 2008 he was appointed a member of the AIPM Council of Fellows.

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