University of Essex

School of Entrepreneurship & Business

Enterprise Fellowship Scheme: Members Bio

Peter Phillips
[Senior Enterprise Fellow] Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips is a Chartered Accountant by training, an International Banker by experience and a Financier by instinct. Peter trained and qualified with PwC and worked at Morgan Grenfell and Co and The World Bank. In 1984 he helped to found London Forfaiting Company, a unique trade finance company. He was instrumental in arranging over £70 million of equity for the company before founding his own international financing business in 1991. He has worked internationally and in the UK, assisting a variety of companies in the high tech, security, mobile telephony and finance sectors.

Over the last four years Peter has worked closely with Universities and schools in the UK and Europe to develop Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.