Peter has been a Palace fan for many years, and has been involved with the Club in some capacity since the early 1970's. Peter was one of the founder members of the Vice Presidents Club, and was the Chairman of that Club for four years. He became a Director of the Board in 1995 whilst Ron Noades was Chairman, and remained a full member of the Board following the acquisition of the Club by Mark Goldberg last year.

His most recent role has been as Company Secretary. Appointed in February 1999, he has served the Club well in this capacity, during one of the most difficult periods in the Club's history - a period which has seen the Club enter into Administration.

Peter has now retired from full time employment. Before his retirement he was the Personnel Director of Tesco. He says that he is 'Now content to look at assignments and assorted exam papers as an external examiner for Stirling University'. A Justice of the Peace since 1986, Peter is now on the supplemental list. In 1994, he was awarded the CBE, for services to 'training and retailing'. He is still active in the organisation of training.

Peter says that he has very little time for outside interests. Looking after our Club has been very much a full time responsibility.

Unlike several of Peter's predecessors, Peter is very much an active Palace fan. He boasts of having visited 83 of the 92 League Grounds in his support of Palace.

Members of the Internet Community - specifically subscribers to CP-FRIS - will know Peter as 'Deep Voice'. When it became apparent towards the end of the 1998/1999 Season that things were not going too well at the Club, Peter was the link between the Club and the fans. His honesty, combined with his candid and open approach, were universally appreciated, and did much to heal the rift which had begun to develop between the Officers of the Club and the fan base.

It is early days yet, but the initial signs are that Peter's appointment has been a popular one with the fans.