Peter Smith (born 5 August 1946) is a British businessman. He is the former chairman of

Savills Savills plc is a British real estate services company based in London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The business was established by Alfred Savill (1829–1905) in 1855 in London. ...

Early life

Peter Smith was born on 5 August 1946. He is the son of Dudley Vaughan Smith and Beatrice Ellen Sketcher. Smith was educated at the

Mill Hill School Mill Hill School is a 13–18 mixed independent, day and boarding school in Mill Hill, London, England that was established in 1807. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. History A committee of Nonconformist me ...

. He graduated from the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, where he earned a BSc. He subsequently graduated from the Advanced Management Program at the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private Ivy League rese ...

Career

Smith was Senior Partner of

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from 1994 to 2002. He served as the Chairman of

Coopers & Lybrand PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

from 1994 to 1996. He was the deputy chairman of

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from 2001 to 2010. He served as the chairman of Savills from 2004 to 2016. Smith was the deputy chairman of

from 2001 to 2010. He was the chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust from 2007 to 2015. He was a non-executive director of

Associated British Foods Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England. Its ingredients division is the world's second-largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major pr ...

from 2007 to 2016. He has served as a director of

N M Rothschild & Sons Rothschild & Co is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company, and the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the French and British branches of the Rothschild family. The banking business o ...

since 2001.

Personal life

Smith married Cherry Blandford in 1971. They have two sons.

References

Living people 1946 births People educated at Mill Hill School Alumni of the University of Southampton Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni British accountants British corporate directors N M Rothschild & Sons people Associated British Foods people {{UK-business-bio-stub