Our guest is Peter Burrows, Chief Executive of The Cambridge Building Society. He describes how they have brought to life their purpose of helping people to have a home - beyond providing mortgages. He also discusses how he sees his role as Chief Executive in setting the organisation’s purpose and how that makes him feel.
Peter was appointed Chief Executive of The Cambridge Building Society in 2019, having joined as Finance Director in 2016. He is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience in financial services, gained in a combination of executive management and consulting roles in the UK and overseas.
Prior to joining The Cambridge, Peter was CEO of Engage Mutual, a mutual insurance business. His earlier career was spent with Aviva plc and Ernst & Young. Peter has also served as a director of the Association of Financial Mutuals and as a governor of a leading further and higher education college. He is a mathematics graduate of Oxford University.
Peter is married with two daughters, and a keen club cyclist and rugby union watcher.
Peter Burrows