Peter Holbrookis hungry for social justice and believes that social enterprise provides one of our very best hopes of achieving it.
Prior to SEUK, Peter was chief executive of Sunlight Development Trust. During his time there Peter became one of the country’s most well-respected social entrepreneurs, responsible for the regeneration of some of the UK’s most deprived communities. In 2007, Peter was appointed one of the UK’s Social Enterprise Ambassadors – a scheme supported by the Cabinet Office.
In 2010, Peter was appointed as a member of the Cabinet Office’s Mutual’s Taskforce and Trustee of the Big Society Trust, overseeing delivery of Big Society Capital. In 2012, Peter was appointed a member of the EU Social Business Initiative Expert Group and took up the role of Chair of the Social Enterprise World Forum.
Peter bought his latest set of wheels from Bikeworks, stops for lunch and buys plants from Growing Concerns, goes to see AFC Wimbledon play football, has cufflinks, belts and a wallet from Elvis & Kresse and his water bottle is from Give Me Tap.
peter.holbrook@socialenterprise.org.uk| @peteholbrook
