Peter Roper

Peter had a very successful corporate career with organisations such as Lombard North Central and Arval PHH. After being awarded Sales Executive of the year for a consecutive six years, he went on to become the youngest ever Divisional Director of PHH reporting to the European Board.

Peter created a strategic Division with a turnover in excess of £38m, employing over 200 people and winning numerous national awards.

From 1996, Peter went on to establish four new businesses of his own; two of which he says have been fantastic failures - and fortunately two others which have been stunning successes! During his career he has spoken to over 400,000 people and in several countries.

Known as the 'Natural Presenter' Peter's love of working with people to improve their presentation skills lead him to become, firstly, Regional President of the Midlands Chapter of the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) (2003 - 2006), and then National President of the Professional Speaking Association (2009-2010). Peter remains on the PSA board and has been accredited with 'Fellow' status - the pinnacle of the profession.

During his time as a Professional Speaker Peter has served a huge list of organisations which include: Aston Business School, Academy for Chief Executives, Aiesec, Barclays Bank, Cap Gemini, Ecademy, HSBC Bank, LloydsTSB, Meeting Planners International (MPI), Marriott Hotel Group, Millward Brown, National Westminster Bank, Post Office Counters Group, Property Investors Network, The Professional Speaking Association, Pinewood Technologies Plc, Prontaprint!, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail Group, Universities including Aston, Birmingham, Loughborough, UCL, amongst others

Peter's Vision; "My belief is that training and personal development is the one key area that anyone who is serious about their business career cannot afford to ignore. It's my experience that only the very best get to the top of their chosen fields and the price is always the same - learning personal and professional skills to the highest possible standard"

In his spare time Peter enjoys swimming, F1 motor-racing and baking bread!

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