Peter Stone

Chairman, WRAP

Mr Stone has had a long and distinguished business career. After reading law at Cambridge and qualifying as a lawyer he was one of the three founding directors of Close Brothers, the UK investment bank. During his 23 years with the bank, this trio took the business through one of England's earliest management buyouts in 1979, its flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1984, its subsequent growth into a wide-ranging financial services group, and its present position as a large FTSE 250 company.

Since leaving Close Brothers in 1998 Peter has served as a non-executive director on a number of Boards, including Intermediate Capital Group plc, Smith & Williamson, and Careforce Group plc. He is currently on the board of DTZ Holdings plc and Opus Trust, and is a Governor of The King's School Canterbury.