Peter Hill is Non-executive Chairman at Keller.
Nationality: British
Appointed: 2016
Skills and experience: A mining engineer by background, Peter was Non-executive Chairman of Petra Diamonds Limited until November 2023; Non-executive Chairman of Volution Group plc until January 2020; Non-executive Chairman of Imagination Technologies plc from February 2017 until its sale to Canyon Bridge Partners in September 2017; Non-executive Chairman of Alent plc from 2012 to the end of 2015; Chief Executive of the electronics and technology group Laird PLC from 2002 to late 2011; and a Non-executive Director on the boards of Cookson Group plc, Meggitt plc and Oxford Instruments plc. He has been a Non-executive board member of UK Trade and Investment, and a Non-executive Director on the board of the Royal Air Force, chaired by the UK Secretary of State for Defence. His early career was spent with natural resources companies Anglo American, Rio Tinto and BP; he was an Executive Director on the board of the engineering and construction company Costain Group plc, and he has also held management positions with BTR plc and Invensys plc. Peter holds a BSc in Mining Engineering and an MBA from the London Business School and is a Chartered Engineer.
Other appointments:
Peter is the Non-executive Chair of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and a non-executive director and Chairman designate of Synthomer plc.
