Peter became a Director of Project Associates in 2002 and is currently chairman of YouGov, Britain's pioneering online polling and e-democracy company. Peter received the Chairman of the Year Award in January 2007 at the Quoted Company of the Year awards.

Peter’s experience of, and contacts within, the British political and media scenes are without parallel and he is one of the UK's leading political commentators. He was Political Editor for the New Statesman for seven years and his career has encompassed most of the major UK National Newspapers and political television programmes, ranging from the The Times to Newsnight.

He has also written and contributed to numerous books on political issues over the years and has been a political consultant to a number of organisations including the Foreign Office, Bank of England, Corporation of London, BAA, National Westminster Bank and Gtech.