Peter Burnett OBE BBS

Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council

Prior to joining CBBC, Peter was Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank based in Hong Kong where he has lived since 1996. He joined the bank in 2013 as Head of Corporate Finance after a 24 year career with UBS Investment Bank. Peter’s early career started in London as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. Peter chaired the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2022. He is an INED and Treasurer of the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong and former chair of the Hong Kong Association of Banks’ One Belt, One Road Committee. He sits on the Committee of the Hong Kong Association.