I am the Education and Professional Development Director at D&AD. We work with the creative industries, primarily advertising, design and other creative communications disciplines. I’ve been at D&AD for over seven years and over that time have built up a large network of contacts amongst some of the top design and advertisisng folk out there.

Peter has an MA in Film & TV Studies and a PhD on Youth & Music TV, both from the University of Warwick. He has been involved in media education/training and sector development for 16 years including the last 5 years as Project Manager for PLOT , a business support and development scheme for creative enterprises. He runs a number of regular networking events, including Screen Forum and Out of Hours Peter advises on a number of regional steering groups including: West Midlands Animation Forum, Music for Media Steering Group and Wolverhampton Creative Industries Forum. Peter is also an external examiner for Staffordshire University media programme and Solent University screenwriting programme, and teaches Film Studies with the Open University.