Sir Peter Edward Middleton GCB (born 23 April 1934) is a British UK Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies, former banker and former Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
[2] After National Service in the Royal Army Pay Corps, Sir Peter joined HM Treasury, ultimately ascending to become Permanent Secretary from 1983 to 1991.
During this time he was also a board member of Bass PLC from 1992 to 2001 and General Accident (later CGU) from 1992 to 1995.
He was appointed chairman of the Barclays Group Asia Pacific Advisory Committee in 2004.
He is a Member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers (Master in 2006/7) and a member of the Board of Patrons of the European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V.