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Peter Burt

Scottish businessman (1944 – 2017)

Sir Peter Alexander Burt FRSE (6 March 1944 – 28 November 2017) was a Scottish businessman, former chief executive and later governor of the Bank of Scotland.2

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Born Mar 6, 1944, died Nov 28, 2017.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedThe Wharton School3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of St Andrews3

Burt was born in 1944 in East Africa, and educated in Scotland. He graduated from the University of St Andrews and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and later worked in the computer industry in California and Scotland.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer, banker.5

In 2004, he was appointed chairman of ITV plc. He also served as a non-executive director of Royal Dutch Shell until 2006, Chairman of Dyslexia Scotland and on the boards of a number of charities.

He died in 2017 and is buried in the northern extension to Whitekirk graveyard in East Lothian.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom6

Awards

  • Date not recordedFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh7
  • Date not recordedKnight Bachelor7

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