Peter currently resides in Europe, writing a book on the changing nature of work since the Industrial Revolution and publishing a photo book on hand built bicycles.

Peter Holmes à Court was most recently the Founding Chairman of The Greater Sydney Partnership Limited and the Brand Sydney Initiative. Previous roles include CEO of the Australian Agricultural Company, Executive-Chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League team, and a non-Executive Director of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, and Queensland Rail, Australia's largest rail company. Previous positions include Trustee of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust, a director of Stoll Moss Theatres (London).

In 1993, he formed Back Row Productions which produced live shows in 30 countries and 300 cities with acts including the Australian show Tap Dogs, the UK’s Eddie Izzard (in the US) and the US’s Jerry Seinfeld (in the UK).
Peter read law at Oxford University and received his BA in economics at Middlebury College, Vermont.

He is married to social entrepreneur Divonne Jarecki Holmes à Court (www.raisingchildren.net.au) and together they are raising their two sets of twins.

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