Peter Johnson

Peter has spent his career in industry. After an initial spell at Unilever, he moved to Redland, and was ultimately responsible for its worldwide roofing and brick businesses. He subsequently became CEO of The Rugby Group and then George Wimpey. He has since chaired three international companies, DS Smith, Electrocomponents (now RS Group), and Vienna-headquartered Wienerberger AG, as well as holding a number of non-executive director roles. He is a past-President of the UK Construction Products Association and the European Tile and Brick Federation and was a member of the Council for Industry and Higher Education.

Peter has been involved with the Hall over many years. He became a member of the Principal’s Advisory Board in 1997 and chaired it for a number of years. He was a founding member of the Remuneration Committee and became its Chair in 2018.

He was happily married to Janet, whom he met when she was at LMH, for 40 years until her death in 2012. Their two sons, Simon and Tim, both read History at the Hall, whilst their daughter, Sarah, read History at St Hugh’s. He has subsequently married Diana and his family has grown by two step-daughters as well as 7 grandchildren! He played cricket for the Hall and still plays village cricket and tennis and enjoys sailing, music and opera.