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Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat
,
KCVO
(born 16 November 1949) was the private secretary to
Charles, Prince of Wales
between 2002 and 2011.
Life and career
Peat was born in 1949 and is great-grandson of William Barclay Peat, founder of the accountancy firm of
Peat Marwick
. He was educated at
Eton College
and at
Trinity College
,
University of Oxford
, where he graduated with a
Master of Arts
. He later attended the
INSEAD
in
Fontainebleau
,
France
, and obtained an
Master of Business Administration
in 1977. He became an
Associate Chartered Accountant
in 1965 and a
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in 1975.
Peat joined
KPMG
Peat Marwick McLintock
in 1972, became a
partner
in 1985. He led a 1986 study into the
financial management
of the
Royal Household
. From 1987 to 1990, he was the
auditor
of the
Privy Purse
and administrative adviser to the Royal Household. In 1990, he was appointed
Director of Finance and Property Services
of the Royal Household, while remaining a partner at KPMG. He retired from KPMG in 1993, and in 1996 was appointed
Keeper of the Privy Purse
and
Treasurer to the Queen
, and
Receiver General
of the
Duchy of Lancaster
. He retired from these positions in 2002, when he was appointed as private secretary to the Prince of Wales, taking control of the
Office of the Prince of Wales
. In 2005 he was made Principal Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Because of his desire to return to the private sector, Peat...
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