Peter John Ventress (born 3 December 1960)
[Ventress, Peter John, (born 3 Dec. 1960), Chairman, Galliford Try plc, since 2016." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO] is a British businessman who has been non-executive chairman of
Galliford Try
Galliford Try plc is a British construction company based in Uxbridge, England. It was created through a merger in 2000 of two businesses: Try Group, founded in 1908 in London, and Galliford, founded in 1916.
Formerly involved in housebuilding ...
since 2016. He became Chairman of
Bunzl in April 2020.
He was educated at
St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood
St Joseph's College is a 11-18 voluntary-aided, Lasallian, all boys' secondary school and sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status, located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon, England. The school is a s ...
,
Greyfriars, Oxford
Greyfriars is a Roman Catholic friary and parish located in East Oxford, which until 2008 was also a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Situated on the Iffley Road in East Oxford, it was one of the smallest constituent halls ...
(BA Modern History and Modern Languages, 1983), and the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate ...
(MBA 1993).
He was CEO of
Corporate Express NV from 2007 to 2008, President of
Staples International from 2008 to 2009, and CEO of
Berendsen from 2010 to 2015.
References
1960 births
Living people
Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford
Alumni of the Open University
British businesspeople
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