Peter
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Alongside his extensive experience as an assurance and business advisory partner for national and 

international companies, Peter has served family-owned business clients for more than 20 years. NextGen 

Academy – a global program for young successors in family businesses – was founded by Peter as a product 

of his experience and insights, gained through supporting SMEs and family businesses with their succession 

and growth strategies. 

He regularly authors publications about family business and middle market companies, leading annual 

and other market surveys, in conjunction with the Center of Family Business at the University of St Gallen. 

In January 2018, Peter joined PwC as Global Family Business Leader and last October he was appointed 

Board Director for the Family Firm Institute. In September 2020, Family Capital, named Peter as one of the World’s Family Business Top 100 influencers.