Sir John Wilfred Peace (born 2 March 1949) is a British businessman, ex-chairman of British fashion house

Burberry Burberry is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear, including trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather accessorie ...

and ex-chairman of Standard Chartered, a British multinational banking and financial services company. Since 2017, he is Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

Early life

Peace was born into a mining family at Mansfield in Nottinghamshire (where he still has a home) and attended school there. He was then educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

Peace joined

GUS plc GUS plc was an FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the ''Glorious Gussies'' amon ...

after leaving Sandhurst, rising to group chief executive. He held this position from 2000 to 2006. He was Chairman of Experian plc from 2006 to 2014. Peace is chairman of Standard Chartered Bank and non-executive chairman of

Group plc since June 2002. Since February 2016, he has been independent chair of Sub-national Transport Body Midlands Connect, which was set up in 2014 to produce a long-term transport strategy for the Midlands region. In June 2016, he was appointed chair of the Midlands Engine, which was set up by the government to raise productivity and economic growth in the Midlands region, and of which Midlands Connect is the transport arm. Since 2017, he has been Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

Other positions

Peace became

Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Since 1694, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire. *Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1552–1563? *Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of R ...

from 21 July 2012. He was knighted in 2011 for services to business and the voluntary sector.

Personal life

John Peace married Christine "Chris" Blakemore in 1971. They had met at school and started dating when he was 18. She is a school teacher: the couple have three daughters.

References

Living people 1949 births British chairpersons of corporations British chief executives Knights Bachelor Lord-Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst People from Mansfield Businesspeople awarded knighthoods People associated with Nottingham Trent University Burberry people {{UK-business-bio-stub