Peter Cowperthwaite Godsoe OC OOnt OJ (2 May 1938 – 13 December 2023) was a Canadian businessman and president, chairman and chief executive officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1992 to 2003.

He was a member of the board of directors of multiple corporations, and served as the chairman of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and Sobeys.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of J. Gerald "Gerry" and Margaret (Cowperthwaite) Godsoe, he graduated from the University of Toronto Schools before receiving a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Godsoe joined the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1966 as a bank teller, and worked there for his entire career, rising within the company to become president, chairman and CEO.

[1] In 2002, he was appointed Member of the Order of Ontario (OOnt),[2] and was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.