Peter has extensive experience at board and executive management levels in the commercialisation of early stage life-science companies, having held board roles and senior executive positions in a number of Australian companies. He was formally the CEO of Uniseed for nearly 20 years, and before that Vice President of Business Development at Progen Industries Ltd, R&D and Commercialisation Manager at PanBio Pty Ltd and worked in business development at UniQuest Pty Ltd. He received a Centenary Medal in 2003 for outstanding contribution to the business of biotechnology.