Peter George Kaye is the

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of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award – Australia. Prior to this role, he founded Consultgroup, an international corporate governance and HR consultancy and has been a director and Chair of a range of private companies and mutual organisations, including

Community First Credit Union Community First Bank is an Australian community-based bank established in Sydney in 1959 as Sydney Water Board Officers Credit Union with branches in Sydney and the central coast region And has locations in the USA The bank has formerly oper ...

. Appointed CEO in 2012 after 33 years of volunteer work, undertaking a range of governance roles for the Award nationally and internationally.

Community

Peter has been a director and chair of a variety of company and charity Boards including SIDS and Kids. Chair of SIDS and Kids (now called Red Nose Foundation) from 2006 to 2015 including driving several mergers paving the way to a national organisation From 1992, Peter has been an active

microfinance Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; savings ...

volunteer having established credit unions and savings clubs in nine South Pacific countries. He was a recipient of the Father Ganey Award in

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. Peter's work in the

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included establishing the Y-Fin project as well as assisting set up of

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Units. Peter has a long history of volunteer work throughout the

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, in particular supports credit union and micro finance initiatives in the Solomon Islands since 1993. In

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Peter is a Unit Commander for the NSW State Emergency Service, Ashfield-Leichhardt unit serving as a volunteer since 1976 and as Controller/Commander since 1983.

Studies

Kaye was educated in

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and finished schooling at Ashfield Boys High in Sydney. He graduated from

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with

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and later undertook studies at the

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...

completing a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education. Kaye has served on the Board of the South Pacific Economic Journal, Australian National University as well as being a tutor and guest lecturer in Change Management at the University of Technology,

Honors

* 1992 National Service Medal, with 2 bars * 2005 SES Long Service Medal, with 3 bars (NSW Government) * 2013 Commissioner’s Commendation for Service (SES) * 2014 Kaye Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the community and youth * 2014 Citizen of the Year for Ashfield NSW. * 2015 NSW SES Commissioner's Unit Citation * 2017 Gold Distinguished Service Medal, the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia * 2021 Emergency Services Medal

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